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vcpkg is Now Included with Visual Studio

May 18, 2023 May 18, 2023 05/18/23
Augustin Popa
As of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6, the vcpkg C/C++ package manager is included as an installable component for the C++ Desktop and C++ Gaming workloads. You can also find it in the installer by searching for vcpkg package manager under the Individual components tab. (image)   Using the Visual Studio Copy of vcpkg After you ...

vcpkg 2022.11.14 and 2022.10.19 Releases: Localization for 14 Languages, Overlay Ports/Triplets in Manifests, acquire-project Command, and More…

November 16, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 11/16/22
Augustin Popa
The 2022.11.14 release of the vcpkg package manager is available. This blog post summarizes changes from September 27th, 2022 to November 13th, 2022 for the Microsoft/vcpkg and Microsoft/vcpkg-tool GitHub repos. Some stats for this period:   Notable Changes Notable changes for this release are summarized ...

Fix for High Risk OpenSSL Security Vulnerabilities Announced – Guidance for vcpkg Users

November 2, 2022 Nov 2, 2022 11/2/22
Augustin Popa
OpenSSL.org announced the release of OpenSSL 3.0.7 to address two security vulnerabilities rated as high risk. This patch is now available, including via vcpkg. The vulnerabilities impact users of OpenSSL 3.0.0 - 3.0.6. If you are relying on a version of OpenSSL in this range, it is strongly recommended to upgrade to 3.0.7 as soon as possible...

Announcing NuGet PackageReference support for C++/CLI MSBuild projects targeting .NET Core and .NET 5 or higher

October 3, 2022 Oct 3, 2022 10/3/22
Augustin Popa
One of the new features for C++ developers in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3 is NuGet PackageReference support for C++/CLI MSBuild projects that target .NET Core and .NET 5 or higher. More specifically, this impacts CLR Class Library (.NET) and CLR Empty Project (.NET) project templates. This functionality allows you to manage NuGet packages ...

Using system package manager dependencies with vcpkg

September 28, 2022 Sep 28, 2022 09/28/22
Daniel Shaw
According to the C++ 2022 developer survey, the top 3 ways to manage C++ libraries were having the library source code as part of the build, compiling the library separately from instructions, and acquiring the library from a system package manager. Language package managers, such as vcpkg, simplify library management by offering the ease of ...

vcpkg Environment Activation in Visual Studio

September 14, 2022 Sep 14, 2022 09/14/22
Marc Goodner
In Visual Studio 2022 17.4 vcpkg environments will now automatically activate. A vcpkg environment is described by a manifest that captures the artifacts necessary for building your application (learn more about vcpkg artifacts). Today the vcpkg artifact experience is focused on embedded developers, but we will be expanding this in time to all...