vcpkg is a cross-platform
open source
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package manager by
Microsoft.
Overview
vcpkg provides access to
C and
C++ libraries to its supported platforms. The
command-line utility is currently available on
Windows,
macOS and
Linux.
vcpkg was first announced at
CppCon 2016.
The vcpkg
source code is licensed under
MIT License and hosted on
GitHub.
vcpkg supports
Visual Studio 2015
Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs including websites, web apps, web services and mobile apps. Visual Studio uses Microsoft software development platforms such a ...
Update 3 and above.
See also
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List of software package management systems
This is a list of notable software package management systems, categorized first by package format (binary, source code, hybrid) and then by operating system family.
Binary packages
The following package management systems distribute apps in binar ...
References
External links
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Command-line software
Free and open-source software
Free package management systems
Free software programmed in C++
Linux package management-related software
Microsoft free software
Software using the MIT license
Utilities for Linux
Utilities for macOS
Utilities for Windows
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