Vcpkg tutorial - Install C and C++ libraries for Visual Studio 2017 on Windows 10

How to install and use the vcpkg library manager to install C, C++ libraries for Visual Studio 2017.

PowerShell vcpkg commands used in the video:
.\vcpkg integrate install

.\vcpkg search sqlite3
.\vcpkg install sqlite3
.\vcpkg install sqlite3:x64-windows

Source code for the C++ sqlite3 example used in the video:

If you need to install Visual Studio 2017 on your Windows computer check my previous video:

[jronesbbq]

I spent about 15 hours trying to get libraries working.
And then I find you - and man am I happy that I did

[dorthy]

Thanks so much! This worked for VS 2019, too (only difference was the SubSystem was already set).

[lotreez]

Big respect to you! It became easy to work with thread libraries now.

[nienkegis]

You literally made my day! Been trying to fix this for hours, thank you!

[aliihsansenel]

It only took 10 minutes. I forgot package manager solution and I was looking for prebuilt 32 bit libcurl until this video thank you so much.

[chamsabressitoure]

thank you, I was struggling with this for hours !

[deva]

if you get error @2:26 (install sqlite3) with error message like "No suitable Visual Studio instances were found"" then you need to make sure you have installed below two features in visual studio.
1. MSVC C/C++ compiler and linker
2. English language pack

[erickgaticacandia]

Finally I understood how i can do it ! thank you so much!

[oof]

thanks so much dude was looking for such video for ages :)

[samuelcampbell]

Thanks for posting this, very helpful :-)

[JackieWelles]

this was super helpful, thank you very much !

[vsplesk_]

Thank you very much!
You really helped me)

[erenjeagerot]

I am getting the following error while running the this command: .\vcpkg integrate install

.\vcpkg : The term '.\vcpkg' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Che
ck the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ .\vcpkg integrate install
+
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (.\vcpkg:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

[paxslayer]

this was so helpful! thanks so much for sharing this tutorial !!!!

[girish]

Thank you!


Video content helpful


regards
Giri

[ilianvarela]

when I use the .\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat command it says "vs2015 or vs2017 (with c++) needs to be installed" even though I already have vs with c++ installed. plz help

[gautamchoudhary]

show some error
{ Error: in triplet x64-windows: Unable to find a valid Visual Studio instance
Could not locate a complete Visual Studio instance }
so how to solve it

[АнгелінаШкола]

i think that it will be usefull;
i had an error "Powershell.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file" when i wrote ".\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat"
the solving is to add to your path (System -> Advanced system settings -> Environment Variables -> Add)

[simochammoum]

great video, but just to add some informations. for me and for some reason it only work with .\vcpkg install sqlite3:x86-windows not x64

[vaisuliafu]

at 2:59, it says find_package(sqlite3 CONFIG REQUIRED). How does one set this up set find_package works? I'm trying to install armadillo package and have followed these steps but visual studio still cannot recognize the #include <armadillo>