Re: LuaSec install

[Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@...>]

Am 18.05.2015 um 16:32 schröbte steve donovan:
> I see that the Windows package manager Chocolatey has OpenSSL
>
> https://chocolatey.org/packages/OpenSSL.Light
>
> (Interesting idea - actually not having to download dodgy files or
> compile big packages.)
>
> No idea where it puts the resulting libraries and headers, however

Chocolatey is for applications and not for libraries, so it is possible 
that there are no header files installed by this package (also the 
description says: "Installs the most commonly used essentials of Win32 
OpenSSL v1.0.2a (Recommended for users by the creators of OpenSSL)."

However, there is also a full package here[1], which probably includes 
header files and libraries since it is intended for software developers 
("Installs Win32 OpenSSL v1.0.2a (Recommended for software developers by 
the creators of OpenSSL).").

Both versions apparently use the MSVC 2008 runtime.

For development packages you usually look in the NuGet gallery[2]. There 
are multiple versions available, linking to different C runtime 
libraries. Header files usually are installed in a 
`build/native/include` subdirectory in the downloaded package, similarly 
import libraries can be found in subdirectories like 
`build/native/lib/Win32/Release` (DLLs are in separate `.dist` packages 
with similar directory layouts).

If you use MinGW instead of a MS compiler, I'd recommend the 
win-builds[3] package manager, which can install OpenSSL (and a bunch of 
other libraries), linked to the old `MSVCRT.DLL`. Include files and 
libraries are in Unix-like `include` and `lib` directories.

(I have spent some time evaluating different package managers for use 
with LuaRocks on Windows).

Philipp


  [1]: https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html
  [2]: http://www.nuget.org/packages?q=openssl
  [3]: http://win-builds.org/doku.php/start