libpcre.zig

To use via the zig package manager:

$ zig fetch --save https://github.com/kivikakk/libpcre.zig/archive/<commit hash>.tar.gz

Then add the following to build.zig (system pcre will be linked against automatically):

const pcre_pkg = b.dependency("libpcre.zig", .{ .optimize = optimize, .target = target });
const pcre_mod = pcre_pkg.module("libpcre");
exe.root_module.addImport("pcre", pcre_mod);

To use as a vendored library, add the following to your build.zig:

const linkPcre = @import("vendor/libpcre.zig/build.zig").linkPcre;
try linkPcre(exe);
exe.addPackagePath("libpcre", "vendor/libpcre.zig/src/main.zig");

Supported operating systems:

• Linux: apt install pkg-config libpcre3-dev

• macOS: brew install pkg-config pcre

• Windows: install vcpkg, vcpkg integrate install, vcpkg install pcre --triplet x64-windows-static

  Zig doesn't have vcpkg integration any more. Suggestions welcome!