Using vcpkg and cmake with Visual studio 2019

C++ project package manager

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Install vcpkg

Install Windows

git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
cd vcpkg
bootstrap-vcpkg.bat

install package

vcpkg install eigen3

Check support platform

vcpkg help triplets

Check Installed package

vcpkg list

Using vcpkg with cmake under Visual studio 2019

• For windows Visual studio 2019

vcpkg install sqlite3:x64-windows

• 允许全局引用

vcpkg integrate install

• Change CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)

project (vs_cmake CXX)

find_package(unofficial-sqlite3 CONFIG REQUIRED)
find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
find_package(range-v3 REQUIRED)
find_package(cxxopts REQUIRED)


add_executable (vs_cmake "vs_cmake.cpp" "vs_cmake.h")
target_compile_features(vs_cmake PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
target_link_libraries(vs_cmake
  PRIVATE
    fmt::fmt
    range-v3::range-v3
    cxxopts::cxxopts
    unofficial::sqlite3::sqlite3)

• project 指定项目名
• find_package 指定项目依赖
• add_executable 指定编译后的可执行程序
• target_compile_features 指定编译版本cxx_std_20, 使用/std:c++20作为编译版本
• target_link_libraries 为项目指定链接库

add Cmake Tool chain

• add "cmakeToolchain": "\path\to\vcpkg\\scripts\\buildsystems\\vcpkg.cmake" at CMakeSettings.json
• or use -DCMAKE_TOOL_CHAIN= at command line