chatterino2/BUILDING_ON_WINDOWS_WITH_VCPKG.md

Building on Windows with vcpkg

Prerequisites

1. Install Visual Studio with "Desktop development with C++" (~9.66 GB)
2. Install CMake (~109 MB)
3. Install git (~264 MB)
4. Install vcpkg (~80 MB)
   • git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
   • cd .\vcpkg\
   • .\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
   • .\vcpkg integrate install
   • .\vcpkg integrate powershell
   • cd ..
5. Configure the environment for vcpkg
   • set VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET=x64-windows
     • default is x86-windows
   • set VCPKG_ROOT=C:\path\to\vcpkg\
   • set PATH=%PATH%;%VCPKG_ROOT%

Building

1. Clone
   • git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Chatterino/chatterino2.git
2. Install dependencies (~21 GB)
   • cd .\chatterino2\
   • vcpkg install
3. Build
   • mkdir .\build\
   • cd .\build\
   • (cmd) cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=%VCPKG_ROOT%/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
   • (ps1) cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$env:VCPKG_ROOT/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
   • cmake --build . --parallel <threads> --config Release
4. Run
   • .\bin\chatterino2.exe