The use of C++ package management tool vcpkg and its integration into VS2017 and CMake

1 Install Vcpkg

1-1 clone code

cd D:/vcpkg
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg

1-2 Compile vcpkg

cd .\vcpkg\
.\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat

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1-3 Add environment variables

Add the path to vcpkg.exe to the environment variable
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1-4 Update vcpkg

Enter the vcpkg directory

git pull
./bootstrap-vcpkg.bat

2 Vcpkg use

Installation library

#  x86 的 Windows 版本
vcpkg install spdlog
# 64 位 Windows 版本
vcpkg install spdlog:x64-windows
# 编译安装静态库
vcpkg install spdlog:x64-windows-static

Delete library

vcpkg remove spdlog:x64-windows

Update library

vcpkg upgrade spdlog:x64-windows --no-dry-run

Query installed open source libraries

vcpkg list

Query vcpkg included library

vcpkg search spdlog

Export the open source library (usually when using a third-party open source library in a project, it will be copied to the project folder for use)

vcpkg export spdlog:x64-windows --zip

3 Vckpg integrated into Visual Studio

3-1 Global integration

Installed third-party libraries can be used directly in any Visual Studio project

vcpkg integrate install

Remove global integration

vcpkg integrate remove

3-2 Integrate into the project

Use the nuget plug-in in Visual Studio to integrate vcpkg into the project

Open the console interface through the menu "Tools-NuGet Package Manager-Package Manager Console", and you can easily execute NuGet Package Manager commands in Visual Studio.
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If there is no nuget plug-in, you can execute the command

vcpkg integrate project

Generate nuget configuration file

Here are some commonly used NuGet package manager console commands:

Install package: Execute the following command in the console to install the specified package:
Install-Package package name
Uninstall package: Execute the following command in the console to uninstall the specified package:
Uninstall-Package Package name
Update package: Execute the following command in the console Update the specified package:
Update-Package package name
Restore package: Execute the following command in the console to restore the dependencies of all installed packages:
Restore-Package
List installed packages: Execute the following command in the console to list all installed packages Installed package:
Get-Package

4 Vckpg integrated into CMake

vcpkg install spdlog

Add the following content to CMakeList.text

    find_package(spdlog CONFIG REQUIRED)
    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog)

    # Or use the header-only version
    find_package(spdlog CONFIG REQUIRED)
    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog_header_only)