ARROW-440: [C++] Support pkg-config

pkg-config is a tool to get build flags. If Arrow supports pkg-config, users can set build flags easily. For example, CMake supports pkg-config. To support pkg-config, we just install .pc file that includes build flags information.
apache · Dec 21, 2016 · f2e62e4 · f2e62e4
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diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/src/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ install(FILES
   test-util.h
   DESTINATION include/arrow)
 
+# pkg-config support
+configure_file(arrow.pc.in
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/arrow.pc"
+  @ONLY)
+install(
+  FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/arrow.pc"
+  DESTINATION "lib/pkgconfig/")
+
 #######################################
 # Unit tests
 #######################################

diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/arrow.pc.in b/cpp/src/arrow/arrow.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: Apache Arrow
+Description: Arrow is a set of technologies that enable big-data systems to process and move data fast.
+Version: @ARROW_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -larrow
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/io/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/src/arrow/io/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -134,3 +134,11 @@ install(FILES
 install(TARGETS arrow_io
   LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
   ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+
+# pkg-config support
+configure_file(arrow-io.pc.in
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-io.pc"
+  @ONLY)
+install(
+  FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-io.pc"
+  DESTINATION "lib/pkgconfig/")
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/io/arrow-io.pc.in b/cpp/src/arrow/io/arrow-io.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: Apache Arrow I/O
+Description: I/O interface for Arrow.
+Version: @ARROW_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -larrow_io
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Requires: arrow
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/ipc/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/src/arrow/ipc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -159,3 +159,11 @@ install(FILES
 install(TARGETS arrow_ipc
   LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
   ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+
+# pkg-config support
+configure_file(arrow-ipc.pc.in
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-ipc.pc"
+  @ONLY)
+install(
+  FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-ipc.pc"
+  DESTINATION "lib/pkgconfig/")
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/ipc/arrow-ipc.pc.in b/cpp/src/arrow/ipc/arrow-ipc.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: Apache Arrow IPC
+Description: IPC extension for Arrow.
+Version: @ARROW_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -larrow_ipc
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Requires: arrow, arrow-io