How to install

[Yash010704]

Hello everyone i want to install uwebsockets to make my project on uwebsockets but unable to install please guide me on this i am using window 11 64 bit please help me..

[kkokotero]

Hey! I’m not sure if you still need help, but just in case — you can use the vcpkg package manager to install uWebSockets much more easily than doing it manually. Setting it up by hand usually requires multiple tools like Microsoft Build Tools, OpenSSL, zlib, and other essential libraries, plus manual environment configuration.
With vcpkg, all dependencies are handled automatically, and it integrates smoothly with Visual Studio and CMake.
Here’s the link to the uWebSockets package on vcpkg: https://vcpkg.io/en/package/uwebsockets

[arihilmir]

I use CMake + CPM.cmake, and I managed to do this with the following:

if(uWebSockets_ADDED)
    set(LIB_USOCKETS ${uWebSockets_SOURCE_DIR}/uSockets/uSockets.a)
    add_custom_command(
        COMMAND make CFLAGS=-fPIC
        OUTPUT "${LIB_USOCKETS}"
        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${uWebSockets_SOURCE_DIR}")
    add_custom_target(build_uSockets
    DEPENDS ${LIB_USOCKETS})

    add_library(uSockets STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
    set_target_properties(uSockets PROPERTIES
        IMPORTED_LOCATION ${LIB_USOCKETS}
        INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${uWebSockets_SOURCE_DIR}/uSockets/src
    )
    add_dependencies(uSockets build_uSockets)

    add_library(uWebSockets INTERFACE)
    target_include_directories(uWebSockets INTERFACE
        ${uWebSockets_SOURCE_DIR}/src
    )

    # uWebSockets requires linking to these dependencies:
    find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
    find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)

    target_link_libraries(uWebSockets INTERFACE
        OpenSSL::SSL
        OpenSSL::Crypto
        ZLIB::ZLIB
        Threads::Threads
        uSockets
    )

    # Optional: define macros expected by uSockets
    target_compile_definitions(uWebSockets INTERFACE
        UWS_NO_ZLIB=0
        LIBUS_USE_OPENSSL=1
    )
endif()

Then you can safely add it to your project with:

target_link_libraries(target PRIVATE uWebSockets)