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| author |  Jan Tattermusch <jtattermusch@google.com> | 2018-08-21 13:59:31 +0200 |
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| committer | Jan Tattermusch <jtattermusch@google.com> | 2018-08-21 13:59:31 +0200 |
| commit | 22d8e60bdb7a9410023b019c277dcf5b2ee42651 (patch) | |
| tree | f365aa4713b47f27f7c750c8cef77a0869bf94ce /BUILDING.md | |
| parent | 5d302d1a9fd3afb486614ec34cdf643f4c5d53ac (diff) | |
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diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md index e408402a76..81edb68e43 100644 --- a/BUILDING.md +++ b/BUILDING.md @@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ repository at the latest stable version. In the C++ world, there's no "standard" build system that would work for in all supported use cases and on all supported platforms. Therefore, gRPC supports several major build systems, which should satisfy most users. +Note that this section only covers the build of gRPC itself, not the installation. See the [How to use](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/master/src/cpp#to-start-using-grpc-c) instructions +for guidance on how to add gRPC as a dependency to a C++ application (there are several ways and system wide installation is often not the best choice). + ## make (on UNIX systems) From the grpc repository root |