vcpkg CMake Tools

Vcpkg VSCode CMake extension provides vcpkg integration in VSCode.

Please report any bugs in github.

Requirements

• VSCode >= 1.76.0
• CMake Tools extension >= 1.13.0

Usage

You can use Vcpkg getting start page to control vcpkg behavior.

for more options, please see Preferences - Settings - Extensions - vcpkg.

Also, you can manually control vcpkg behavior with the following commands:

Enable vcpkg integration

1. Ctrl(⌘) + Shift + P
2. Search vcpkg.
3. Select vcpkg: Enable vcpkg:

a. Extension will automaticly enable vcpkg if you already set environment variable VCPKG_ROOT or already set vcpkg path in settings.

b. Extension will automaticly enable vcpkg if vcpkg root folder was selected before.

c. Otherwise, please choose vcpkg root folder.

4. Extension will select the triplet (dynamic) according to your system architecture, vcpkg toolchain will be added into cmake settings.

You can also enable/disable vcpkg in Preferences - Settings - Extensions(in workspace) - Vcpkg.

Note: please only enable/disable in workspace!

Disable vcpkg integration

1. Ctrl(⌘) + Shift + P
2. Search vcpkg.
3. Select vcpkg: Disable vcpkg.
4. vcpkg toolchain will be removed from cmake toolchain and other vcpkg setting will also be removed from cmake options.

Use static library

1. Ctrl(⌘) + Shift + P
2. Search vcpkg.
3. Select vcpkg: Use static library.

Use dynamic library

1. Ctrl(⌘) + Shift + P
2. Search vcpkg.
3. Select vcpkg: Use dynamic library.

Set target triplet

1. Ctrl(⌘) + Shift + P
2. Search vcpkg.
3. Select vcpkg: Set target triplet.
4. Enter your target triplet

Set host triplet

1. Ctrl(⌘) + Shift + P
2. Search vcpkg.
3. Select vcpkg: Set host triplet.
4. Enter your host triplet

Enable/Disable automatically update host/target triplet

1. Open Preferences - Settings - Extensions(in workspace) - Vcpkg.
2. Select/Unselect Vcpkg › General: Auto Update Triplet.

Set vcpkg additional install options

1. Open Preferences - Settings - Extensions(in workspace) - Vcpkg.
2. Add additional options one by one in Vcpkg › Target: Additional Options.

Enable/Disable install dependency binaries

1. Open Preferences - Settings - Extensions(in workspace) - Vcpkg.
2. Select/Unselect Vcpkg › Target: Install Dependencies.

Find system/vcpkg installed libraries first

1. Open Preferences - Settings - Extensions(in workspace) - Vcpkg.
2. Select/Unselect Vcpkg › Target: Prefer System Libs.

Version and builtin-baseline autocompletion in vcpkg manifest

1. Enable vcpkg integration.
2. Set vcpkg path.
3. Autocompletion will be enabled automatically when typing ".

Debug portfile or other vcpkg provided cmake code

1. Set breakpoint in the portfile.cmake (required) or other cmake file.
2. Open Run and Debug in left side bar, select Debug portfile(s), click the green triangle to run debugging.

Debug port's CMake code

1. Set breakpoint in the portfile.cmake.
2. Run install command with --editable(important!) then set breakpoint in source cmake file(folder name without .clean).
3. Open Run and Debug in left side bar, select Debug portfile(s), click the green triangle to run debugging.