PCRE is a library that is used by the optional "rules" feature for the command

line version of cppcheck. It is readily available on Linux and Mac OS X, but

must be obtained separately for Windows.

Build instructions

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Windows

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Visual Studio

To build PCRE, download the source code from www.pcre.org and

CMake (https://cmake.org/download/). We assume you use Visual Studio 2015 -

otherwise adapt the commands for your version.

VS Solution file

cmake . -G "Visual Studio 14 2015"

Open PCRE.sln with VS IDE or via cmd:

call "%VS140COMNTOOLS%..\..\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86

MSBuild PCRE.sln /target:Build /property:Configuration="Release"

For 64-bit target: cmake . -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64"

or using NMake

call "%VS140COMNTOOLS%..\..\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86

cmake . -G "NMake Makefiles"

nmake

or using MSYS

cmake . -G "MSYS Makefiles"

make

Linux

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The normal Makefile should work.

Install PCRE on Ubuntu might be needed:

sudo apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev

Mac OSX

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Install PCRE:

homebre

brew install pcre

or macport

sudo port install pcre

Ensure /path/to/pcre.h is in CXXFLAGS, e.g:

for homebrew

export CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS}:/usr/local/include

or macport

export CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS}:/opt/local/include

Or for MSVC copy pcre.lib and pcre.h in /externals directory.