The cmake build mode is experimental and not officially supported, the community is asked to maintain and support this mode through PRs.
Set up build environment (from top-level librdkafka directory):
$ cmake -H. -B_cmake_build
On MacOSX and OpenSSL from Homebrew you might need to do:
$ cmake -H. -B_cmake_build -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/opt/openssl
Build the library:
$ cmake --build _cmake_build
If you want to build static library:
$ cmake --build _cmake_build -DRDKAFKA_BUILD_STATIC=1
Run (local) tests:
$ (cd _cmake_build && ctest -VV -R RdKafkaTestBrokerLess)
Install library:
$ cmake --build _cmake_build --target install
If you use librdkafka as submodule in cmake project and want static link of librdkafka:
set(RDKAFKA_BUILD_STATIC ON CACHE BOOL "")
add_subdirectory(librdkafka)
target_link_libraries(your_library_or_executable rdkafka)