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  • Conan 2 - C and C++ Package Manager Documentation

Conan 2 - C and C++ Package Manager Documentation¶

Welcome! This is the user documentation for Conan, an open source, decentralized C/C++ package manager that works in all platforms and with all build systems and compilers. Other relevant resources:

  • Conan home page. Entry point to the project, with links to docs, blog, social, downloads, release mailing list, etc.

  • Github project and issue tracker. The main support channel, file issues here for questions, bug reports and feature requests.

Table of contents:

  • Introduction
  • What’s new in Conan 2
  • Install
  • Tutorial
    • Consuming packages
    • Creating packages
    • Working with Conan repositories
    • Developing packages locally
    • Versioning
    • Other important Conan features
  • Devops guide
    • Using ConanCenter packages in production environments
    • Backing up third-party sources with Conan
    • Managing package metadata files
    • Versioning
    • Save and restore packages from/to the cache
  • Integrations
    • CMake
    • CLion
    • Visual Studio
    • Autotools
    • Bazel
    • Makefile
    • Xcode
    • Meson
    • Android
    • JFrog
  • Examples
    • ConanFile methods examples
    • Conan extensions examples
    • Conan recipe tools examples
    • Cross-building examples
    • Configuration files examples
    • Graph examples
    • Developer tools and flows
    • Conan commands examples
  • Reference
    • Commands
    • conanfile.py
    • conanfile.txt
    • Recipe tools
    • Configuration files
    • Extensions
    • Environment variables
    • The binary model
    • Conan Server
  • Knowledge
    • Cheat sheet
    • Core guidelines
    • FAQ
    • Videos
  • Changelog
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