Ansible Role: Install C++ compilers

Install C++ compilers for various platforms.

Applying this role will set up appropriate C++ compilers and base system requirements for each platform on the target machine.

Linux

• devtoolset-10 (CentOS)
• build-essential (Debian)

macOS

• Requires xcode-{{ xcode_version }}.xip to exist on target machine

Windows

• Visual Studio 2019 VC Tools
• Visual Studio 2010 Remote Tools

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

• {{ xcode_path }} - Path to xcode xip file

• {{ xcode_version }} - Version of xcode on target machine

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - ccdc.cpp_compiler

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2020 by Claudio Bantaloukas, based on existing roles at CCDC, by Jeff Geerling and google searches