Vcpkg helps you manage C and C++ libraries on Windows, Linux and MacOS.
Repository: Github Microsoft/vcpkg
Documentation: vcpkg.readthedocs.io
Questions tagged [vcpkg]
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cmake cannot find libraries installed with vcpkg
I want to use vcpkg in a CMake project in Windows, because I need boost and xerces that are both handled by this package manager.
I've the following CMakeLists.txt:
cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.12.0)
project (myproj)
set (CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH…
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How to remove vcpkg and all libraries installed with vcpkg
How does one completely remove vcpkg and all installations/system changes made by it?
I recall seeing some FAQ about vcpkg where it said that you could just delete the vcpkg folder. However, I've been trying to find that same FAQ for over an hour…
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What is __CxxFrameHandler4 and what does linker error "unresolved external symbol __CxxFrameHandler4" mean, exactly?
I'm using several libraries built through vcpkg (such as civet-web and prometheus-cpp), against my Visual C++ projects. When building x86 all is perfect, in x64 I get a bunch of linker errors:
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol…
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Getting cURL to work with Visual Studios 2017
*Edit: I got CURL working in VS 2017 on a 64 bit machine following these steps (see below for original problem):
First install vcpkg:
Clone vcpkg using gitbash into C:\Program Files
In a command prompt navigate to C:\Program Files\vcpkg
Run in the…
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How to retrieve cmake target names from vcpkg?
After installing a package, vcppkg very helpfully displays the relevant CMake targets...
The package libwebp:x64-windows provides CMake targets:
find_package(WebP CONFIG REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE WebP::webp WebP::webpdemux…
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Can't use a library installed with VCPKG in CLion
I followed the tutorial described in the VCPKG github site and then installed OpenMesh 8.0, and after, i linked the toolchain
-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/home/diolante/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
in Clion toolchain settings and when I…
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Using static Boost libraries with vcpkg and CMake
I'm using the package manager vcpkg to install the (static) Boost libraries via vcpkg install boost:x64-windows-static.
Furthermore, I use CMake as my build system and I'm passing C:\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake to CMake via the…
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vcpkg + cmake + visual studio not working
I have a cmake-based C++ project using boost and zmq libraries.
I'm trying to build it on Windows using Visual Studio Community 2017 and vcpkg.
I installed vcpkg following the instructions on the project page.
Now I can see the required packages…
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How to feed CMake with vcpkg information?
Suppose I have installed some library with vcpkg and it's numerous dependencied (say cgal). Now I want to compile some program against these libraries with CMake.
How should I tell CMake about all locations of all libraries I have downloaded?…
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CMake `INSTALL` for targets and its SO dependencies
My target linked with several libraries using TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES with PUBLIC keyword, The INSTALL command looks like INSTALL(TARGETS foo DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin). I want somehow to force the cmake to include all (preferably…
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Unresolved external symbol error with Google Mock and Vcpkg
I have created a simple C++ test project with one mocking class:
#include
#include
class TestMock
{
public:
MOCK_CONST_METHOD0(Method1, void());
};
TEST(Test, Test1)
{
TestMock mock;
}
int main(int argc,…
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vcpkg: recalling the CMake instructions shown after installing a package?
After installing packages with vcpkg, help text is shown, eg...
The package fmt:x64-windows provides CMake targets:
find_package(fmt CONFIG REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE fmt::fmt fmt::fmt-header-only)
... for the varying…
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How to statically link VCPKG produced .lib file in Visual Studio
I use VCPKG to build third party libraries like libcurl for example. I have dynamic and static builds. Obviously, import .lib and object .lib files are contained in two different folders, x64-windows and x64-windows-static respectively.
I want to…
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Error linking boost with Visual Studio and vcpkg
I am trying to accomplish a simple task in order to check how easy is to develop "Linux apps" in Windows.
I am using vcpkg from Microsoft in order to setup headers and libs and crow , an c++ http server that uses boost as a driver project
The source…
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vcpkg does not work for google test
I installed and integrated latest version of vcpkg:
e:\work\vcpkg>vcpkg version
Vcpkg package management program version 0.0.65-692a363701156f1bc319306fbde93fb6748325f6
See LICENSE.txt for license information.
e:\work\vcpkg>vcpkg integrate…
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