Install gRPC C++

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Install gRPC C++

A simple bash script to build and locally install gRPC C++. The instructions either on gRPC's website or other places weren't clear enough (at least for me) on how to install it. I spent about a week to finally install it and use it on my project.

Create a .sh file (e.g Install-gRPC.sh) containing the following code.

#!/bin/bash

DISTRO=$(awk -F= '/^ID=/{print $2}' /etc/os-release)

printf "Detected $DISTRO\nTrying to install necessary packages...\n"
if [ "$DISTRO" == "manjaro" ]
then
	sudo pacman -Sy openssl cmake autoconf libtool pkg-config clang
elif [ "$DISTRO" == "ubuntu" ]
then
	sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y cmake libssl-dev build-essential autoconf libtool pkg-config libc-ares-dev
elif [ "$DISTRO" == "centos" ]
then
	sudo yum -y install openssl cmake autoconf libtool pkg-config
else
	printf 'Unsupported Linux distro\n'
	exit 0
fi

sudo rm -rf grpc 
git clone --recurse-submodules -b v$1 https://github.com/grpc/grpc
cd grpc/

# Install absl
printf "Trying to install abseil...\n"
mkdir -p third_party/abseil-cpp/cmake/build
cd third_party/abseil-cpp/cmake/build
sudo cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=TRUE ../..
sudo make -j4 install
cd ../../../../

# Install c-ares
# If the distribution provides a new-enough version of c-ares,
# this section can be replaced with:
# apt-get install -y libc-ares-dev
printf "Trying to install cares...\n"
mkdir -p third_party/cares/cares/cmake/build
cd third_party/cares/cares/cmake/build
sudo cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../..
sudo make -j4 install
cd ../../../../../

# Install protobuf
printf "Trying to install protobuf...\n"
mkdir -p third_party/protobuf/cmake/build
cd third_party/protobuf/cmake/build
sudo cmake -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
sudo make -j4 install
cd ../../../../

# Install re2
printf "Trying to install re2...\n"
mkdir -p third_party/re2/cmake/build
cd third_party/re2/cmake/build
sudo cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=TRUE ../..
sudo make -j4 install
cd ../../../../

# Install zlib
printf "Trying to install zlib...\n"
mkdir -p third_party/zlib/cmake/build
cd third_party/zlib/cmake/build
sudo cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../..
sudo make -j4 install
cd ../../../../

# Install gRPC
printf "Trying to install gRPC...\n"
mkdir -p cmake/build
cd cmake/build
sudo cmake \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON \
  -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
  -DgRPC_CARES_PROVIDER=package \
  -DgRPC_ABSL_PROVIDER=package \
  -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER=package \
  -DgRPC_RE2_PROVIDER=package \
  -DgRPC_SSL_PROVIDER=package \
  -DgRPC_ZLIB_PROVIDER=package \
  ../..
sudo make -j4 install
cd ../..

Mark the file as executable:

chmod +x Install-gRPC.sh

Run the script along with the version of gRPC you want, like below:

./Install-gRPC.sh 1.35.0

It was tested on both Ubuntu 20.4 and Manjaro KDE