BayesNet/CONAN_README.md

Using BayesNet with Conan

This document explains how to use Conan as an alternative package manager for BayesNet.

Prerequisites

pip install conan

Quick Start

As a Consumer

1. Create a conanfile.txt in your project:

[requires]
bayesnet/1.1.2@user/channel

[generators]
CMakeDeps
CMakeToolchain

[options]

[imports]

2. Install dependencies:

conan install . --build=missing

3. In your CMakeLists.txt:

find_package(bayesnet REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(your_target bayesnet::bayesnet)

Building BayesNet with Conan

# Install dependencies
make conan-init

# Build debug version
make conan-debug
make buildd

# Build release version
make conan-release
make buildr

# Create package
make conan-create

Current Limitations

• Custom dependencies (folding, fimdlp, arff-files) are not available in ConanCenter
• These need to be built as custom Conan packages or replaced with alternatives
• The conanfile.py currently comments out these dependencies

Creating Custom Dependency Packages

For the custom dependencies, you'll need to create Conan recipes:

1. folding: Cross-validation library
2. fimdlp: Discretization library
3. arff-files: ARFF file format parser

Contact the maintainer or create custom recipes for these packages.

Package Distribution

Once custom dependencies are resolved:

# Create and test package
make conan-create

# Upload to your remote
conan upload bayesnet/1.1.2@user/channel -r myremote