conanfile.py¶

The conanfile.py is the recipe file of a package, responsible for defining how to build it and consume it.

from conan import ConanFile

class HelloConan(ConanFile):
    ...

Important

conanfile.py recipes uses a variety of attributes and methods to operate. In order to avoid collisions and conflicts, follow these rules:

Public attributes and methods, like build(), self.package_folder, are reserved for Conan. Don’t use public members for custom fields or methods in the recipes.
Use “protected” access for your own members, like self._my_data or def _my_helper(self):. Conan only reserves “protected” members starting with _conan.

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