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 (VERSION 3.12.0)
project (myproj)
set (CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${XERCES_ROOT})
set (Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
set (Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
unset (Boost_INCLUDE_DIR CACHE)
unset (Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS CACHE)
# set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../cmake/modules)
find_package (Boost COMPONENTS filesystem regex REQUIRED)
find_package (XercesC CONFIG REQUIRED)
set (CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
message (STATUS "binary dir is ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
include_directories (${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/)
include_directories (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..)
include_directories (${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
include_directories (${XercesC_INCLUDE_DIRS})
set (PROJECT_SRC
code.cpp
)
add_library (${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${PROJECT_SRC})
add_dependencies (${PROJECT_NAME} UPDATE_RESOURCES)
target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} XercesC::XercesC)
Boost and xerces-c are installed with vcpkg. Since I'm using Visual Studio Code I'm setting vcpkg variables in settings.json:
"cmake.configureSettings": {
"CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE" : "some/path/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake",
"VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET": "x64-windows"
}
When I run che CMake I obtain following errors:
[cmake] CMake Error at C:/Program Files/CMake/share/cmake-3.14/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:2132 (message):
[cmake] Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.
[cmake]
[cmake] Unable to find the Boost header files. Please set BOOST_ROOT to the root
[cmake] directory containing Boost or BOOST_INCLUDEDIR to the directory containing
[cmake] Boost's headers.
[cmake] Call Stack (most recent call first):
[cmake] D:/projects/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:233 (_find_package)
[cmake] src/myroject/CMakeLists.txt:24 (find_package)
[cmake]
[cmake]
[cmake] CMake Error at D:/Projects/vcpkg/installed/x64-windows/share/xercesc/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake:1 (_find_package):
[cmake] Could not find a package configuration file provided by "XercesC" with any
[cmake] of the following names:
[cmake]
[cmake] XercesCConfig.cmake
[cmake] xercesc-config.cmake
[cmake]
[cmake] Add the installation prefix of "XercesC" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
[cmake] "XercesC_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If
[cmake] "XercesC" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has
[cmake] been installed.
[cmake] Call Stack (most recent call first):
[cmake] D:/Projects/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake:189 (include)
[cmake] src/ZLA/CMakeLists.txt:25 (find_package)
[cmake]
[cmake]
[cmake] Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
[cmake] See also "D:/Projects/zla/build/vscode/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
[cms-driver] Error during CMake configure: [cmake-server] Configuration failed.
At the moment I've installed xerces with vcpkg commands, while boost is currently not installed, but I was expecting that during the execution of the cmake command, vcpkg will download and build needed build packages.
I've tried also the command line:
cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=D:/Projects/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-windows ../
but the result is the same.
What I'm doing wrong? How can I use vcpkg successfully?
boost is currently not installed, but I was expecting that during the execution of the cmake command, vcpkg will download and build needed build packages.
This is not the case as far as I know. You need to install the packages you want with vcpkg beforehand for the triplet you plan to use (i.e. x64-windows). You will then need to ensure that the correct triplet is being used when you run CMake (check the VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET variable in your CMakeCache.txt). If it's incorrect, you can change it and re-configure using CMake.
Additionally, based on the error output you're getting, it doesn't seem that xerces has been installed properly either using vcpkg. You can check what is installed with vcpkg by running:
vcpkg list --triplet x64-windows