如何使用VS2015社区安装ZeroMQ for C ++

Question

I am trying to learn networking in windows in C++ (specifically for making a very simple mmo server).

I was reading about cross-platform-ness and socket complexity and came accross both protobuf and zeroMQ quite a lot.

After reading about zeroMQ I decided it makes sense for an mmo server.

So i went over to the zeroMQ website and downloaded the msi installer. I ran it, and now i'm stuck.

I don't quite understand what the MSI did... Did it plop a zeroMQ.dll in system32? Di I still need to get the C++ binding? Basically, how do you install zeromq for C++?

PS extra points if someone shows me how to do it with Nuget. I guess that's why I don't know how to install libraries manually, I always use Nuget...

Thanks.

Answer 1

Nuget does have a package for ZeroMQ, but that seems to be only for C# currently.

The MSI you installed contains Python binding for ZeroMQ, and is installed for the selected python version in the installer.

For C++, they have pre-build binaries on their download page . However, these libraries are build with an older version of Visual Studio, which are not compatible with Visual Studio 2015. If you want to use ZeroMQ, i'm afraid you are going to have to build the library your self.

When you have successfully build ZeroMQ, you can follow their guide to get a feeling of how to use it. Or you can add the C++ bindings which has a pretty and easy-to-use interface.