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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# Cargo C-ABI helpers\n\n[![LICENSE](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE)\n[![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/cargo-c.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/cargo-c)\n[![Build Status](https://github.com/lu-zero/cargo-c/workflows/Rust/badge.svg)](https://github.com/lu-zero/cargo-c/actions?query=workflow:Rust)\n[![cargo-c chat](https://img.shields.io/badge/zulip-join_chat-brightgreen.svg)](https://rust-av.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/254255-cargo-c)\n[![dependency status](https://deps.rs/repo/github/lu-zero/cargo-c/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/repo/github/lu-zero/cargo-c)\n\n[cargo](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo) applet to build and install C-ABI compatible dynamic and static libraries.\n\nIt produces and installs a correct [pkg-config](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/) file, a static library and a dynamic library, and a C header to be used by any C (and C-compatible) software.\n\n## Installation\n**cargo-c** may be installed from [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/cargo-c).\n``` sh\ncargo install cargo-c\n```\n\nThe `rustc` version supported is the same as the one supported by the `cargo` version embedded in the package version, or as set in the\n[rust-version](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html#the-rust-version-field) field.\n\nYou must have the **cargo** build [requirements](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo#compiling-from-source) satisfied in order to build **cargo-c**:\n* `git`\n* `pkg-config` (on Unix, used to figure out the host-provided headers/libraries)\n* `curl` (on Unix)\n* OpenSSL headers (only for Unix, this is the `libssl-dev` package on deb-based distributions)\n\nYou may pass `--features=vendored-openssl` if you have problems building openssl-sys using the host-provided OpenSSL.\n\n``` sh\ncargo install cargo-c --features=vendored-openssl\n```\n\n## Usage\n``` sh\n# build the library, create the .h header, create the .pc file\n$ cargo cbuild --destdir=${D} --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64\n```\n``` sh\n# build the l",
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