GRPC Install Instructions

GRPC_Install_Instructions.txt

# Can modify this to change the directory where are final outputs are installed to
export MY_INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/Desktop/GRPC_INSTALL

mkdir -p $MY_INSTALL_DIR

# Add the $MY_INSTALL_DIR/bin folder to path
# because it contains the protoc and protoc language specific plugin executables
export PATH="$MY_INSTALL_DIR/bin:$PATH"

# Install required build tools
sudo apt install -y cmake build-essential autoconf libtool pkg-config

# Clone the grpc repo and submodules
git clone --recurse-submodules -b v1.41.0 https://github.com/grpc/grpc


# Build and install the grpc repo
cd grpc

# Create a new subdirectory 'build' inside the 'grpc' directory
# where we will use CMAKE to generate our Makefiles
# But first, remove the old CMAKE generated makefiles
rm -rf build
mkdir build
pushd build


# Run CMAKE to generate the Makefiles
cmake -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$MY_INSTALL_DIR ..


# Run the generated Makefile, to compile the code
make -j4


# Run the Makefile install target
# But first, remove the old files that were previously installed
rm -rf $MY_INSTALL_DIR
mkdir -p $MY_INSTALL_DIR

# The Makefile install target will generate the files to wherever we set our -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$MY_INSTALL_DIR
make install


# Return to the 'grpc' folder
popd


# List our INSTALLED files
ls $MY_INSTALL_DIR


# Since we added our $MY_INSTALL_DIR/bin to the PATH, we should be able to access the 'protoc' executable
which protoc
which grpc_cpp_plugin



# Symlink our local installed library files ($MY_INSTALL_DIR/lib) to /usr/local/lib, so they can be found by CMAKE
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/grpc
sudo ln -s $MY_INSTALL_DIR/lib/* /usr/local/lib


# Symlink our local installed header files ($MY_INSTALL_DIR/include) to /usr/local/include, so they can be found by CMAKE
sudo ln -s $MY_INSTALL_DIR/include/* /usr/local/include


# Symlink our local installed executable files ($MY_INSTALL_DIR/bin) to /usr/local/bin, so they can be automatically added to PATH
sudo ln -s $MY_INSTALL_DIR/bin/* /usr/local/bin