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How to Install and Run Google's Protocol Buffer Basics: C++ Tutorial on Mac

Tested on: macOS High Sierra v10.13.3

1. Install Google Protobuf

Google's official README is here. Follow their instructions to install the special dependencies that mac needs.

The steps I share below are a combination of this gist, this gist, and this answer. The main difference is that I started by manually downloading the latest cpp release from google's release repo. If you start from there, here's what to do next:

First, unzip the file.

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	// demo.cpp
	//
	// (C) Copyright 2002-4 Robert Ramey - http://www.rrsd.com .
	// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
	// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
	// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)


	#include <cstddef> // NULL

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>Chart using XML Data</title>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://canvasjs.com/assets/script/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://canvasjs.com/assets/script/canvasjs.min.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	window.onload = function() {
	var dataPoints = [];
	// var dataPoints_1 = [];

	[ 11%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/somecode.dir/src/binding.cpp.o
	In file included from /media/atif/BE0E05910E0543BD/University of Bremen MSc/my_git_repos/pybind_cpp_cmake/lib/pybind11/include/pybind11/pybind11.h:48:0,
	from /media/atif/BE0E05910E0543BD/University of Bremen MSc/my_git_repos/pybind_cpp_cmake/src/binding.cpp:1:
	/media/atif/BE0E05910E0543BD/University of Bremen MSc/my_git_repos/pybind_cpp_cmake/lib/pybind11/include/pybind11/detail/init.h: In instantiation of ‘Class* pybind11::detail::initimpl::construct_or_initialize(Args&& ...) [with Class = declare_class_template_abstarct(pybind11::module&, const string&) [with T = int; pybind11::module = pybind11::module_; std::__cxx11::string = std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>]::PyVirtualClass; Args = {int}; typename std::enable_if<(! std::is_constructible<_Tp, _Args>::value), int>::type <anonymous> = 0]’:
	/media/atif/BE0E05910E0543BD/University of Bremen MSc/my_git_repos/pybind_cpp_cmake/lib/pybind11/include/pybind11/detail/init.h:196:68:

	#include <pybind11/pybind11.h>

	#include "class_template_inheritance.h"

	namespace py = pybind11;

	/**
	* Base class
	*/
	template <typename T = int>

	cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
	project(somecode)

	set(LIB_GEN_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts CACHE STRING "Where generated library will be placed")

	add_subdirectory(lib/pybind11)

	include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)

	pybind11_add_module(${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/binding.cpp)

	pybind_cpp_cmake
	-- /include/sample_class_template.h
	-- /lib/pybind11
	-- /src/binding.cpp
	/binding_module_class_template.cpp
	/sample_class_template.cpp
	CMakeLists.txt