FAQ
See also
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- Upgrading to Conan 1.0
- General
- Is Conan CMake based, or is CMake a requirement?
- Is build-system XXXXX supported?
- Is my compiler, version, architecture, or setting supported?
- Does it run offline?
- Is it possible to install 2 different versions of the same library?
- Can I run multiple Conan isolated instances (virtual environments) on the same machine?
- Can I run the conan_server behind a firewall (on-premises)?
- Can I connect to Conan remote servers through a corporate proxy?
- Can I create packages for third-party libraries?
- Can I upload closed source libraries?
- Do I always need to specify how to build the package from source?
- Does Conan use semantic versioning (semver) for dependencies?
- Using Conan
- How to package header-only libraries?
- When to use settings or options?
- How to obtain the dependents of a given package?
- Packages got outdated when uploading an unchanged recipe from a different machine
- Is there any recommendation regarding which
<user>or<channel>to use in a reference? - What does “outdated from recipe” mean exactly?
- Troubleshooting