Kae Suarez created ARROW-17347:
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Summary: [C++][Docs] Describe limitations and alternatives for
handling dependencies via package managers
Key: ARROW-17347
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-17347
Project: Apache Arrow
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: C++, Documentation
Reporter: Kae Suarez
In this page: [https://arrow.apache.org/docs/developers/cpp/building.html] it
is described how package managers can be used to get dependencies for Arrow. My
specific experience is with Apple Silicon on macOS, so I can describe my
experience there. A Brewfile is provided to assist getting necessary packages
to build Arrow, but it does not include all relevant packages to build the most
Arrow features possible on Mac (i.e., everything but CUDA). Diving further, I
learned that Homebrew cannot provide all necessary dependencies for features
such as GCS support, and had to turn to conda-forge. Upon doing so, I started
having overlapping dependencies elsewhere, and eventually had to turn fully to
conda.
It would be helpful to have the limitations laid out for what features can be
built with what package managers, as well as adding conda as an alternative to
Homebrew for macOS users, since that is necessary to build the fullest Arrow
possible without building other libraries from source as well.
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