Devkit¶

The devkit project consists of several individual documentation files to explain how to build most of libraries we require in our applications.

All libraries are built as shared. In contrast to many package managers, devkit does not build as much as features and only keep what we needs. For example libsdl-image is only built with PNG support.

Triplets¶

System	Architecture	Mode	Notes
Visual Studio	x64	Debug and Release in separate directories
Android	armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, x86-64	Release	Target android-24 API level

Paths¶

Prebuilt kits are built under the following paths:

• Visual Studio: C:/pkg/vs/release|debug
• Android: /opt/android

Libraries¶

The following libraries are supported

Library	Priority	Description	Website	How-To
libboost	High	Boost libraries	http://boost.org	libboost.md
libfreetype	Medium	Font management		libfreetype.md
libogg	Medium	Opensource video/audio container		libogg.md
libpng	Medium	PNG image file		libpng.md
libsdl	High	Simple Directmedia Layer	http://libsdl.org	libsdl.md
libsdl-image	High	Image addon for SDL2		libsdl-image.md
libsdl-mixer	High	Music addon for SDL2		libsdl-mixer.md
libsdl-ttf	High	Font addon for SDL2		libsdl-ttf.md
libvorbis	Medium	Opensource audio stream		libvorbis.md
libz	Medium	Compression library		libz.md

FAQ¶

Why not vcpkg?¶

I did a try with it and I was not able to build some of the required packages. Also, I don't really like the black magic that vcpkg does. I want to have full control of what I'm building with as less dependencies possible.

About MinGW?¶

I recommend using MSYS2 which does a perfect job maintaining a high number of packages with mintty.