libfmt.md

Installing the latest libfmt

You need to install {fmt} aka libfmt,for supporting C++23-compatible formatted text printing.

Incompatible versions

Do not use the following version(s) and older ones:

• 9.1.0 (stock version for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS)

Suggested compatible versions

Use the following versions of libfmt:

• 11.0.2

For x86_64 and M1 macOS: use Homebrew

brew install fmt

For Linux

• See libfmt README.
• Install the shared library.

An example sequence:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE ..
make
make test
sudo zsh
umask 022
make install
exit  

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