Commit aaf41c60 authored by Robert Schumacher's avatar Robert Schumacher

Add Vcpkg to C++ installation instructions for Windows

Fixes issue #1154 by noting that `vcpkg` contains protobuf. Potential improvements: also remark how to use `vcpkg` to get dependencies when building from source via CMake.
parent 1681fe66
......@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@ In the downloads section, download the zip file protoc-$VERSION-win32.zip.
It contains the protoc binary as well as public proto files of protobuf
library.
Protobuf and its dependencies can be installed directly by using `vcpkg`:
>vcpkg install protobuf protobuf:x64-windows
If zlib support is desired, you'll also need to install the zlib feature:
>vcpkg install protobuf[zlib] protobuf[zlib]:x64-windows
See https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg for more information.
To build from source using Microsoft Visual C++, see [cmake/README.md](../cmake/README.md).
To build from source using Cygwin or MinGW, follow the Unix installation
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