This library provides platform specific support for other libraries. It was written before C++11, to supply the threading, atomics, timers, sockets and string helpers that the standard library did not have at the time. It is used by libCEC, and was used by binary add-ons for Kodi.
Don't use this library in new projects. Everything it was written to provide is in the standard library now —
std::mutex,std::recursive_mutex,std::condition_variable,std::thread,std::chrono,std::atomic— and the standard library does it better. Use it directly and skip the dependency.2.2.0 is the last planned release. libCEC, the only actively developed user left, is moving to
std::directly. The Kodi binary add-ons already did.Maintenance mode is not abandoned. This repository stays open, fixes are still welcome and will still be merged, and nothing installed today stops working. There is simply no further development planned.
To compile this library, you'll need the following dependencies:
- cmake 3.12.0 or better
- a supported C++ 11 compiler
On Debian and Ubuntu, apt-get install git cmake build-essential pulls in these
and the git client used below.
Follow these instructions to compile and install the library:
git clone https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/platform.git
mkdir platform/build
cd platform/build
cmake ..
make -j4
sudo make install
On Linux and BSD, run sudo ldconfig afterwards to refresh the linker cache.
OS X has no equivalent and doesn't need one.
To compile this library on Windows, you'll need the following dependencies:
Follow these instructions to compile and install the library:
git clone https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/platform.git
cd platform
git submodule update --init --recursive
cd windows
build.cmd