Supported Platforms and Build Requirements

bpt aims to be as cross-platform as possible. It currently build and executes on Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD. Support for additional platforms is possible but will require modifications to bootstrap.py that will allow it to be built on such platforms.

Build Requirements

Building bpt has a simple set of requirements:

• Python 3.7 or newer to run the bootstrap/CI scripts.

• A C++ compiler that has rudimentary support for several C++20 features, including Concepts. Newer releases of Visual C++ that ship with VS 2019 will be sufficient on Windows, as will GCC 10 with -std=c++20 and -fcoroutines on other platforms.

• On Linux, the OpenSSL headers are needed. This can be installed through the libssl-dev package on Debian/Ubuntu or openss-devel + openssl-static on RedHat systems. (For Windows, the bpt repository ships with a bundled OpenSSL).

Note

On Windows, you will need to execute the build from within a Visual C++ enabled environment. This may involve launching the build from a Visual Studio Command Prompt.