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 ...

I use vcpkg manifest mode to install packages, vcpkg.json: { "name": "vcpkgtest", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "learn vkpg & glfw...

I installed protobuf via vcpkg vcpkg install protobuf:x64-windows. Apparently it installs the latest version (3.6.1). For the project I need version<=3.5.1. Is there any way to install it using ...

I have installed vcpkg, a package manager for C++. Now after some time, I'd like to update it. How can I do that? Do I need to uninstall and reinstall?

vcpkg uses the GCC installation package by default on Linux. I see that the official document mentions the custom triplet method, but does not mention the clang tool chain. How can I specify clang ...

I am a python dev who is learning C++. I have a question: I would like to install an external library libxlsxwriter. In VS Code terminal I do: a) I create and empty folder C:\dev. I install there v...

I'm trying to figure out how to configure my manifest file to compile a static version of my library using vcpkg's new manifest feature. My current manifest file is: { "name": "myPr...

For example, how can I list available GDAL library versions ? They are not listed on VCPKG packages website neither by vcpkg search gdalcommand.

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...

I would love to use vcpkg to manage our dependencies with third party libraries, but I'm not sure how this is would work in our environment. We have hundreds of projects in our solution, and releas...

I am testing vcpkg for my project and I came across a problem with cmake-gui I have installed vcpkg, with the help of vcpkg Boost libraries were installed. When I compile via command line, e...

Currently the README.md for vcpkg says "First, download and bootstrap vcpkg itself; it can be installed anywhere, but generally we recommend using vcpkg as a submodule for CMake projects, and ...

To the best of my knowledge, this isn't a duplicate of an existing question. This question is specifically about Visual Studio's auto-linking SDL2 libraries. I've installed SDL2 (x64-windows varian...

I have installed boost-variant2 library using the vcpkg command: vcpkg install boost-variant2:x64-windows When vcpkg finished the installation, it prompted this: The package boost is compatible w...

In my simple app which I build with cmake I use opencv, which is installed with vcpkg. On CMakeLists.txt I have to find_package(OpenCV REQUIRED), replacing OpenCV by opencv will fail the build. Fro...

Lets say I'm using vcpkg and I want to install a package as static no matter the platform I know I can do it with a triple like wxwidgets:x86-windows-static however, how can I say "make it sta...

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...

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...

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: err...

*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...

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_lib...

I ran as suggested in https://mcmap.net/q/497679/-grpc-c-on-windows vcpkg install grpc:x64-windows vcpkg install protobuf protobuf:x64-windows vcpkg install protobuf[zlib] protobuf[zlib]:x64-windo...

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 (VERSIO...

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 ...

I'm working on c++ project on a linux machine and it uses several boost libraries. I've installed them on my system using vcpkg and build it using the toolchain provided by vcpkg. My question is: H...