update windows build doc #44

miyanyan · 2025-07-25T04:48:38Z

this's my build instructions for #40

sebsjames · 2025-07-25T19:09:18Z

Thank you very much for this. I'll get a chance to try it out next week.

sebsjames · 2025-07-29T12:25:43Z

README.build.windows.md

+```
+
+### Install dependencies with vcpkg
+


vcpkg new --application?

I didn't use this command

Yes, that's when setting up an application to use vcpkg. I understand that this is not the right command to use in this case.

sebsjames · 2025-07-29T12:28:34Z

README.build.windows.md

+#### Mainfest mode(recommended)
+
+When `vcpkg.json` is in the root directory of the project, vcpkg will automatically install the required dependencies when you run the CMake configuration step.
+


cp mathplot/vcpkg/vcpkg.json mathplot/vcpkg.json?

yes, vcpkg will auto install if vcpkg.json in root dir

Is there another step? To run the vcpkg install step from inside Visual Studio?

I didn't use the vcpkg from visual studio, I clone the repo https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg and run bootstrap-vcpkg.bat

Do you run bootstrap-vcpkg.bat from inside mathplot/ ?

no, this bat file just download the vcpkg executable, it only need to run once

sebsjames · 2025-07-29T12:29:34Z

README.build.windows.md

+
+### Install Qt5
+
+To use Qt, you need to install the Qt SDK using the [official installer](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/online_installers/).


Official installer shows only version 6.9.x. I assume you installed 5.15.x, by drilling down into the menus?

maybe you need to enable the archive checkbox

I'll figure out precisely which options to check and add this to the description (I don't have 50 GB to install everything for Qt 5.15!)

sebsjames · 2025-07-29T12:30:53Z

README.build.windows.md

+
+### Build the examples and test programs
+
+You can build the examples and test programs using the Visual Studio/VSCode(with cmake plugins).


I'm trying to do this. I open the mathplot folder from Visual Studio and it tries to run the cmake process, which fails when it attempts to find glfw3. I think I didn't correctly install glfw3 with vcpkg first, but I don't know how.

can I see the output of vscode console?

1> CMake generation started for default configuration: 'x64-debug'. 1> Environment settings: 1> CommandPromptType=Native 1> DevEnvDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\ 1> ExtensionSdkDir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Kits\10\ExtensionSDKs 1> EXTERNAL_INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\ATLMFC\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\winrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\cppwinrt 1> Framework40Version=v4.0 1> FrameworkDir=C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\ 1> FrameworkDir64=C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\ 1> FrameworkVersion=v4.0.30319 1> FrameworkVersion64=v4.0.30319 1> IGCCSVC_DB=AQAAANCMnd8BFdERjHoAwE/Cl+sBAAAAj4WsguMZ+UO9CfYEw7cbpwQAAAACAAAAAAAQZgAAAAEAACAAAAAuI6jc3lAERAZpCbgadbTSa/IF3PTRKRySJ1fAaN697QAAAAAOgAAAAAIAACAAAAB6wU+Cbxkg8UpRznDAegbth0EI4kKGNykzWUSdkbPAkGAAAAAc9rYqXdvscRweDcn62l6/FAkkPsUGZzhaGOWT+d+/5cE02V0msWynu7eC45NrshaghQ0r5w5kfXw4HahhM+72Y+KTc4WoAb4klc2SxVR+erOy6mYqNqLxPIMbYFAbQTlAAAAAh6yu8ZvaezNSmrw7dG9Mgel6K8yy2v2LMpt3+7URbCSHFPvu1ZOju8fJYd79XvhRqoKBuBnkX9XzuMjiqZQBGw== 1> INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\ATLMFC\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\winrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\cppwinrt 1> LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\ATLMFC\lib\x64;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\lib\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\lib\10.0.22621.0\ucrt\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\lib\10.0.22621.0\\um\x64 1> LIBPATH=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\ATLMFC\lib\x64;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\lib\x64;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\lib\x86\store\references;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\UnionMetadata\10.0.22621.0;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319 1> Path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\bin\HostX64\x64;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\bin\Roslyn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Team Tools\DiagnosticsHub\Collector;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22621.0\\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\\x64;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\Tools\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Windows Performance Toolkit\;C:\Users\sebj\vcpkg;C:\Users\sebj\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Qt\6.9.1\mingw_64\bin;;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\Ninja;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\Linux\bin\ConnectionManagerExe;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\vcpkg 1> PROMPT=$P$G 1> UCRTVersion=10.0.22621.0 1> UniversalCRTSdkDir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\ 1> VCIDEInstallDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\ 1> VCINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\ 1> VCPKG_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\vcpkg 1> VCToolsInstallDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\ 1> VCToolsRedistDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Redist\MSVC\14.42.34433\ 1> VCToolsVersion=14.43.34808 1> VS170COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\Tools\ 1> VSCMD_ARG_app_plat=Desktop 1> VSCMD_ARG_HOST_ARCH=x64 1> VSCMD_ARG_no_logo=1 1> VSCMD_ARG_TGT_ARCH=x64 1> VSCMD_DEBUG=5 1> VSCMD_VER=17.13.0 1> VSINSTALLDIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\ 1> WindowsLibPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\UnionMetadata\10.0.22621.0;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.22621.0 1> WindowsSdkBinPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\ 1> WindowsSdkDir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\ 1> WindowsSDKLibVersion=10.0.22621.0\ 1> WindowsSdkVerBinPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22621.0\ 1> WindowsSDKVersion=10.0.22621.0\ 1> __DOTNET_ADD_64BIT=1 1> __DOTNET_PREFERRED_BITNESS=64 1> __VSCMD_PREINIT_PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Windows Performance Toolkit\;C:\Users\sebj\vcpkg;C:\Users\sebj\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Qt\6.9.1\mingw_64\bin; 1> SystemDrive=C: 1> ProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86) 1> VSAPPIDDIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\ 1> ProgramW6432=C:\Program Files 1> PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=Intel64 Family 6 Model 183 Stepping 1, GenuineIntel 1> TMP=C:\Users\sebj\AppData\Local\Temp 1> PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=AMD64 1> PkgDefApplicationConfigFile=C:\Users\sebj\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\17.0_e2a3f164\devenv.exe.config 1> USERPROFILE=C:\Users\sebj 1> VsPerMonitorDpiAwarenessEnabled.12772=TRUE 1> PROCESSOR_REVISION=b701 1> ServiceHubLogSessionKey=57AADABE 1> FPS_BROWSER_APP_PROFILE_STRING=Internet Explorer 1> FPS_BROWSER_USER_PROFILE_STRING=Default 1> LOGONSERVER=\\SEBROG 1> TEMP=C:\Users\sebj\AppData\Local\Temp 1> USERNAME=sebj 1> SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS 1> VSSKUEDITION=Community 1> OneDrive=C:\Users\sebj\OneDrive 1> USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE=SEBROG 1> CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files 1> ZES_ENABLE_SYSMAN=1 1> PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6 1> ProgramData=C:\ProgramData 1> VS_Perf_Session_GCHeapCount=2 1> RlsSvcPort=22112 1> HOMEPATH=\Users\sebj 1> IGCCSVC_DB=AQAAANCMnd8BFdERjHoAwE/Cl+sBAAAAj4WsguMZ+UO9CfYEw7cbpwQAAAACAAAAAAAQZgAAAAEAACAAAAAuI6jc3lAERAZpCbgadbTSa/IF3PTRKRySJ1fAaN697QAAAAAOgAAAAAIAACAAAAB6wU+Cbxkg8UpRznDAegbth0EI4kKGNykzWUSdkbPAkGAAAAAc9rYqXdvscRweDcn62l6/FAkkPsUGZzhaGOWT+d+/5cE02V0msWynu7eC45NrshaghQ0r5w5kfXw4HahhM+72Y+KTc4WoAb4klc2SxVR+erOy6mYqNqLxPIMbYFAbQTlAAAAAh6yu8ZvaezNSmrw7dG9Mgel6K8yy2v2LMpt3+7URbCSHFPvu1ZOju8fJYd79XvhRqoKBuBnkX9XzuMjiqZQBGw== 1> COMPUTERNAME=SEBROG 1> ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData 1> CommonProgramW6432=C:\Program Files\Common Files 1> ThreadedWaitDialogDpiContext=-4 1> GCExpConfigUsedInSession=3 1> QT5_DIR=C:\Qt 1> VisualStudioDir=C:\Users\sebj\Documents\Visual Studio 2022 1> SESSIONNAME=Console 1> DriverData=C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\DriverData 1> HOMEDRIVE=C: 1> windir=C:\WINDOWS 1> NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=32 1> OS=Windows_NT 1> ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files 1> ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe 1> EFC_15996_1592913036=1 1> PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC 1> VSLANG=1033 1> PSModulePath=C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules 1> APPDATA=C:\Users\sebj\AppData\Roaming 1> USERDOMAIN=SEBROG 1> ACSvcPort=17532 1> LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Users\sebj\AppData\Local 1> VisualStudioVersion=17.0 1> VisualStudioEdition=Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 1> CommonProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files 1> OneDriveConsumer=C:\Users\sebj\OneDrive 1> PUBLIC=C:\Users\Public 1> VSAPPIDNAME=devenv.exe 1> MSBuildLoadMicrosoftTargetsReadOnly=true 1> Command line: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" /c "%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\chcp.com 65001 >NUL && "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:STRING="cl.exe" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:STRING="cl.exe" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING="Debug" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="C:/Users/sebj/mathplot/out/install/x64-debug" -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\Ninja\ninja.exe" "C:\Users\sebj\mathplot" 2>&1" 1> Working directory: C:/Users/sebj/mathplot/out/build/x64-debug 1> [CMake] -- Install prefix: C:/Users/sebj/mathplot/out/install/x64-debug 1> [CMake] -- (This can be changed with `cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/some/place` 1> [CMake] -- Could NOT find OpenMP_C: Found unsuitable version "2.0", but required is at least "3" (found -openmp) 1> [CMake] -- Could NOT find OpenMP_CXX: Found unsuitable version "2.0", but required is at least "3" (found -openmp) 1> [CMake] -- Could NOT find OpenMP (missing: OpenMP_C_FOUND OpenMP_CXX_FOUND) (Required is at least version "3") 1> [CMake] CMake Error at C:\Users\sebj\mathplot\CMakeLists.txt:122 (find_package): 1> [CMake] By not providing "Findglfw3.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has 1> [CMake] asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "glfw3", but 1> [CMake] CMake did not find one. 1> [CMake] 1> [CMake] Could not find a package configuration file provided by "glfw3" (requested 1> [CMake] version 3.2...3.4) with any of the following names: 1> [CMake] 1> [CMake] glfw3Config.cmake 1> [CMake] glfw3-config.cmake 1> [CMake] 1> [CMake] Add the installation prefix of "glfw3" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set 1> [CMake] "glfw3_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If "glfw3" 1> [CMake] provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been 1> [CMake] installed. 1> [CMake] 1> [CMake] 1> [CMake] -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! 1> 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' '/c "%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\chcp.com 65001 >NUL && "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:STRING="cl.exe" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:STRING="cl.exe" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING="Debug" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="C:/Users/sebj/mathplot/out/install/x64-debug" -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\Ninja\ninja.exe" "C:\Users\sebj\mathplot" 2>&1"' execution failed with error: ''C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' '/c "%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\chcp.com 65001 >NUL && "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:STRING="cl.exe" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:STRING="cl.exe" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING="Debug" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="C:/Users/sebj/mathplot/out/install/x64-debug" -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\Ninja\ninja.exe" "C:\Users\sebj\mathplot" 2>&1"' returned with exit code: 1'.

if the vcpkg.json file is in the root folder, maybe you didn't install vcpkg right, or remove the build folder and reconfig cmake

I think I figured this process out for morphologica (which still opens ok on my Windows laptop) but I have forgotten it!

I think it might be necessary to open a Developer PowerShell from inside Visual Studio and run vcpkg install.

When I did this (and vcpkg.json was in my project root) I got a vcpkg_installed folder containing the libraries. However, mathplot still didn't build. I'll try later.

sebsjames · 2025-07-29T12:31:19Z

So I guess I'm stuck for now...

miyanyan · 2025-07-29T13:34:33Z

CMakeLists.txt

+
+# --- vcpkg
+if(DEFINED ENV{VCPKG_ROOT} AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
+    message(STATUS "VCPKG_ROOT: $ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}")
+    set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" CACHE STRING "")
+endif()
+


I add this to cmake, so if VCPKG_ROOT env is set, it will set CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE automatically

I see, so that refers to the VCPKG_ROOT env var, and side-steps the built-in Visual Studio vcpkg (which I think is what I used before with my morphologica build)

miyanyan added 2 commits July 25, 2025 12:46

set CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE for vcpkg

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Update README.build.windows.md

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		#### Mainfest mode(recommended)

		When `vcpkg.json` is in the root directory of the project, vcpkg will automatically install the required dependencies when you run the CMake configuration step.


		### Install Qt5

		To use Qt, you need to install the Qt SDK using the [official installer](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/online_installers/).


		### Build the examples and test programs

		You can build the examples and test programs using the Visual Studio/VSCode(with cmake plugins).

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