A script to build grpc on windows using VS2015

[GoldenBull Chen]

I see a lot of beginners have trouble when building grpc from source code on windows. Here is my build script. Hope can help.

Before running the script:

1. install VS2015 (2013 is ok, but you have to change several places of the script)
2. install cmake, and make sure cmake.exe will be added into PATH
3. download nuget.exe
4. init all submodules
5. change the first two lines to the directories of your nuget.exe and grpc source folder.

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@set nuget=%~dp0..\..\..\nuget\nuget.exe

@pushd ..\..\..\..\grpc

@call "%VS140COMNTOOLS%\vsvars32.bat"

@rem --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

@title build protobuf to generate protoc.exe

pushd third_party\protobuf\cmake

cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF . || goto :error

@rem for x64: cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -A "x64" -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF . || goto :error

msbuild protobuf.sln /p:Configuration=Release /m || goto :error

msbuild protobuf.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /m || goto :error

popd

@rem --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

@title build C# protobuf lib

pushd third_party\protobuf\csharp\src

%nuget% restore Google.Protobuf.sln || goto :error

msbuild Google.Protobuf.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /m || goto :error

msbuild Google.Protobuf.sln /p:Configuration=Release /m || goto :error

popd

@rem --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

@title build grpc plugins for protoc.exe

pushd vsprojects

%nuget% restore grpc_protoc_plugins.sln || goto :error

msbuild grpc_protoc_plugins.sln /p:Configuration=Release /m || goto :error

popd

@rem --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

@title build grpc C# extension x86

pushd vsprojects

%nuget% restore grpc_csharp_ext.sln || goto :error

msbuild grpc_csharp_ext.sln /t:grpc_csharp_ext /p:Configuration=Debug;Platform=Win32 /m || goto :error

msbuild grpc_csharp_ext.sln /t:grpc_csharp_ext /p:Configuration=Release;Platform=Win32 /m || goto :error

@title build grpc C# extension x64

msbuild grpc_csharp_ext.sln /t:grpc_csharp_ext /p:Configuration=Debug;Platform=x64 /m || goto :error

msbuild grpc_csharp_ext.sln /t:grpc_csharp_ext /p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64 /m || goto :error

popd

@rem --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

@title build grpc C# lib

pushd src\csharp

%nuget% restore Grpc.sln || goto :error

msbuild Grpc.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /m || goto :error

msbuild Grpc.sln /p:Configuration=Release /m || goto :error

popd

@rem --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

@title build grpc lib

pushd vsprojects

%nuget% restore grpc.sln || goto :error

msbuild grpc.sln /p:Configuration=Debug;Platform=Win32 /t:grpc++ /m || goto :error

msbuild grpc.sln /p:Configuration=Release;Platform=Win32 /t:grpc++ /m || goto :error

msbuild grpc.sln /p:Configuration=Debug;Platform=x64 /t:grpc++ /m || goto :error

msbuild grpc.sln /p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64 /t:grpc++ /m || goto :error

popd

@echo *************** Success! ***************

@goto :end

:error

@echo *************** Failed! ***************

:end

popd

pause

[GoldenBull Chen]

one more note, last step building x64 grpc lib will fail because of a bug in protobuf, which is fixed in protobuf master branch but grpc does not upgrade submodule yet.

在 2016年3月22日星期二 UTC+8下午11:24:10，GoldenBull Chen写道：

[bser...@gmail.com]

Hi GoldenBull,

Thanks for posting the script!

Even for "incomplete beginners", it is useful as it spares one from the need to figure out all dependencies and build order.

:-)

[harerab...@gmail.com]

Thanks very much, got a lot of help from this post.

在 2016年3月22日星期二 UTC+8下午11:24:10，GoldenBull Chen写道：

I see a lot of beginners have trouble when building grpc from source code on windows. Here is my build script. Hope can help.