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vcpkg — Package manager for C/C++ libraries. Note: Packages are not installed in the system. To use them, yo

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Problem

How to use the vcpkg command: Package manager for C/C++ libraries. Note: Packages are not installed in the system. To use them, you need to tell your build system (e.g. CMake) to use vckg. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/vcpkg/>.

Solution

vcpkg — Package manager for C/C++ libraries. Note: Packages are not installed in the system. To use them, you need to tell your build system (e.g. CMake) to use vckg. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/vcpkg/>.

Build and add package libcurl to the vcpkg environment:

vcpkg install curl

Build and add zlib using the emscripten toolchain:

vcpkg install --triplet=wasm32-emscripten zlib

Search for a package:

vcpkg search {{pkg_name}}

Configure a CMake project to use vcpkg packages:

cmake -B build -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE={{path/to/vcpkg_install_directory}}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake

Code Snippets

Build and add package `libcurl` to the `vcpkg` environment

vcpkg install curl

Build and add `zlib` using the `emscripten` toolchain

vcpkg install --triplet=wasm32-emscripten zlib

Search for a package

vcpkg search {{pkg_name}}

Configure a CMake project to use `vcpkg` packages

cmake -B build -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE={{path/to/vcpkg_install_directory}}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake

Context

tldr-pages: common/vcpkg

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