Request for adding some simple ways of getting binary releases for nmos-cpp-registry and nmos-cpp-node.

[cristian-recoseanu]

It would be much apreciated if we could consider adding some simple ways of getting binary releases for nmos-cpp-registry and nmos-cpp-node.

This could be as simple as adding binary release packages on Github for some common supported platforms.

I think this would help end-users immensely in quickly finding an NMOS Registry they can deploy for their environment without the need to build it themselves.

I understand end-users can use the Docker distributions, but some end-users might not be familiar with these virtualization technologies yet and thus would lack an easy way to get binaries which I think is detrimental to the great work and effort put into this repository.

Thank you!

[garethsb]

Thanks to @samuel-emrys help on the Conan Slack, I think we have a pretty good answer for this, if a binary package is available for a platform:

1. Install Conan

   Currently Conan 1.47 or higher (and lower than version 2.0) is required.

   pip install --upgrade conan=~1.47
   

2. Install nmos-cpp

   conan install nmos-cpp/cci.20221203@ -g virtualenv
   

3. Use the nmos-cpp apps

   Activate the virtual env (to add the apps to the PATH)

   activate
   

   Launch the app

   nmos-cpp-registry [config.json]
   

   Deactivate the virtual env when done

   deactivate