libzip uses [cmake](https://cmake.org) to build.

For running the tests, you need to have [perl](https://www.perl.org).

You'll need [zlib](http://www.zlib.net/) (at least version 1.1.2). It
comes with most operating systems.

For supporting bzip2-compressed zip archives, you need
[bzip2](http://bzip.org/).

For supporting lzma- and xz-compressed zip archives, you need
[liblzma](https://tukaani.org/xz/) which is part of xz, at least version 5.2.

For supporting zstd-compressed zip archives, you need
[zstd](https://github.com/facebook/zstd/).

For AES (encryption) support, you need one of these cryptographic libraries,
listed in order of preference:

- Apple's CommonCrypto (available on macOS and iOS)
- [GnuTLS](https://www.gnutls.org/) and [Nettle](https://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/) (at least nettle 3.0)
- [mbed TLS](https://tls.mbed.org/)
- [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org/) >= 1.0.
- Microsoft Windows Cryptography Framework

If you don't want a library even if it is installed, you can
pass `-DENABLE_<LIBRARY>=OFF` to cmake, where `<LIBRARY>` is one of
`COMMONCRYPTO`, `GNUTLS`, `MBEDTLS`, or `OPENSSL`.

The basic usage is
```sh
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
make test
make install
```

Some useful parameters you can pass to `cmake` with `-Dparameter=value`:

- `BUILD_SHARED_LIBS`: set to `ON` or `OFF` to enable/disable building
  of shared libraries, defaults to `ON`
- `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`: for setting the installation path
- `DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT`: choose one of `man`, `mdoc`, and `html` for
  the installed documentation (default: decided by cmake depending on
  available tools)
- `LIBZIP_DO_INSTALL`: If you include libzip as a subproject, link it
  statically and do not want to let it install its files, set this
  variable to `OFF`. Defaults to `ON`.
  
If you want to compile with custom `CFLAGS`, set them in the environment
before running `cmake`:
```sh
CFLAGS=-DMY_CUSTOM_FLAG cmake ..
```

If you are compiling on a system with a small stack size, add
`-DZIP_ALLOCATE_BUFFER` to `CFLAGS`.

If you are building on a 32-bit Linux system it might be necessary
to define `_FILE_OFFSET_BITS` to `64`. Your distro will need to provide
a `fts.h` file that is new enough to support this, or the build
will break in `zipcmp`.

You can get verbose build output with by passing `VERBOSE=1` to
`make`.

You can also check the [cmake FAQ](https://cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ).