Jsoncpp does not link to Drogon

[usernameawesome]

Using FetchContent, Drogon isn't building due to an issue finding Jsoncpp. This is a bug as Jsoncpp should be imported similar to Trantor, as a submodule. It seems to be required to add Jsoncpp yourself like described below.

By itself in CMakeLists.txt, Jsoncpp builds and runs fine:

FetchContent_Declare(
    jsoncpp
    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp
    GIT_TAG 1.9.4
)
...
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(jsoncpp)
...
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE jsoncpp_lib)

However Drogon does not seem to find it, specifically in FindJsoncpp.cmake with error:

CMake Error at .../cmake-3.30.4/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:233 (message):
  Could NOT find Jsoncpp (missing: JSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS JSONCPP_LIBRARIES)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  .../cmake-3.30.4/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:603 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
  build/_deps/drogon-src/cmake_modules/FindJsoncpp.cmake:36 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
  build/_deps/drogon-src/CMakeLists.txt:189 (find_package)

The include directory can be manually fixed with set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/_deps/jsoncpp-src/include") however I cannot find a way to fix find_library(JSONCPP_LIBRARIES ...). The find_library method is looking for a *.a or *.so file I believe which does not exist in any of the built Jsoncpp directories. Is there a way to download Jsoncpp using FetchContent? It seems the only solution I have found, which I haven't tested yet, is to manually download Jsoncpp.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Ubuntu 18.04 (WSL2)

CMakeLists file:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.30.4)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
project(tst VERSION 0.1)
file(MAKE_DIRECTORY /build)
include(FetchContent)
include(FindPkgConfig)

FetchContent_Declare(
    jsoncpp
    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp
    GIT_TAG 1.9.4
)

FetchContent_Declare(
    drogon
    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon.git
    GIT_TAG v1.9.8
)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(jsoncpp)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(drogon)

add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cpp)

target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE drogon jsoncpp_lib)

[NullUserException]

Have you tried just installing the libjsoncpp-dev package, i.e.:

sudo apt install libjsoncpp-dev

I would also undo any changes made to the cmake build files

[usernameawesome]

@NullUserException At the time of posting the original message I haven't which is what I meant by It seems the only solution I have found, which I haven't tested yet, is to manually download Jsoncpp. I tried afterward and it also wouldn't get picked up by FindJsoncpp.cmake.

[NullUserException]

I spun up an instance running Ubuntu 22.04 and I was running into the same problem (Could NOT find Jsoncpp (missing: JSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS JSONCPP_LIBRARIES)), but that was fixed when I installed libjsoncpp-dev

Did you make any changes to the cmake files?

[usernameawesome]

Yeah I'm still having the same type of issue. Now it fails even before with:

CMake Error at build/_deps/drogon-src/cmake_modules/FindUUID.cmake:98 (message):
  Could not find UUID
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  build/_deps/drogon-src/CMakeLists.txt:221 (find_package)

CMake update:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.30.4)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
project(tst VERSION 0.1)
file(MAKE_DIRECTORY /build)
include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(
    drogon
    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon.git
    GIT_TAG v1.9.8
)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(drogon)
add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE drogon)

[mutantkeyboard]

@usernameawesome - you need an UUID library

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install uuid-dev

# macOS
brew install ossp-uuid

# CentOS/RHEL
sudo yum install libuuid-devel