The below are instructions for setting up vcpkg in a CMake based C++ project. I’ve done this enough times to warrant a post on this site, that I can look up quickly instead of having to load up my notes app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 – Create a folder named ThirdParty, if it doesn’t already exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 – Add vcpkg to that newly created folder, as a git submodule<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 – Add the submodule to your git repo<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 – Initialize the git submodule and run the bootstrap process<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 – Build the CMake project, using the vcpkg cmake file to tell the project where the dependencies are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note<\/strong>, to add packages to the project, run the following commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note<\/strong>, to have the bootstrap process run as part of the CMake configuration process, add the following CMake code to your topmost CMakeLists.txt file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note<\/strong>, The project definition has to come after the CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE variable declaration. This will trip you up if this is not in the right place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note<\/strong>, vcpkg may try to install packages on every file change or any change to CMakeLists.txt. If the packages are not changing between edits, consider setting the variable VCPKG_MANIFEST_INSTALL to “OFF”. This can be done as a variable in CMake or a setting in the CMakePresets.json file. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The below are instructions for setting up vcpkg in a CMake based C++ project. I’ve done this enough times to warrant a post on this site, that I can look up quickly instead of having to load up my notes app. Steps 1 – Create a folder named ThirdParty, if it doesn’t already exist. 2 … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaimerios.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaimerios.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaimerios.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaimerios.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaimerios.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jaimerios.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1924,"href":"https:\/\/jaimerios.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions\/1924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaimerios.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaimerios.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaimerios.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}git submodule add https:\/\/github.com\/Microsoft\/vcpkg.git<\/a> ThirdParty\/vcpkg<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\ngit add ThirdParty\/vcpkg .gitmodules
git commit -m \"Add vcpkg as submodule in ThirdParty\"
git push <\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\ngit submodule update --init --recursive
cd ThirdParty\/vcpkg
.\/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh<\/code>
<\/p>\n\n\n\ncmake -B build -S . -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=ThirdParty\/vcpkg\/scripts\/buildsystems\/vcpkg.cmake [other flags]<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n.\\ThirdParty\\vcpkg\\vcpkg.exe new --application
vcpkg add port opencv<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\nif(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL \"Windows\")
set(bootstrap_vcpkg_ext \"bat\")
else()
set(bootstrap_vcpkg_ext \"sh\")
endif()
execute_process(
COMMAND \"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}\/ThirdParty\/vcpkg\/bootstrap-vcpkg.${bootstrap_vcpkg_ext}\"
RESULT_VARIABLE bootstrap_vcpkg_result
)
if(NOT bootstrap_vcpkg_result EQUAL 0)
message(FATAL_ERROR \"Bootstrapping failed with code: ${bootstrap_vcpkg_result}\")
else()
message(STATUS \"Bootstrapping succeeded.\")
endif()
set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE \"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}\/ThirdParty\/vcpkg\/scripts\/buildsystems\/vcpkg.cmake\"
CACHE STRING \"vcpkg toolchain file\")<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n{
\"version\": 6,
\"cmakeMinimumRequired\": { <\/code> \"major\": 3, <\/code> \"minor\": 30, <\/code> \"patch\": 0 <\/code>}, <\/code>\"configurePresets\": [ <\/code>{ <\/code>\"name\": \"vcpkg_defaults\", <\/code>\"cacheVariables\": { <\/code>\"VCPKG_MANIFEST_INSTALL\": \"OFF\" <\/code><\/code> }<\/code>
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