# How to generate visual studio 2017 project file with vcpkg

**URL:** https://forums.synfig.org/t/how-to-generate-visual-studio-2017-project-file-with-vcpkg/11591
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**Created:** [November 29, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/how-to-generate-visual-studio-2017-project-file-with-vcpkg/11591 "2020-11-29T12:13:39Z")
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### Author: ![novodexx](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/2bfe46/32.png) [@novodexx](https://forums.synfig.org/u/novodexx)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/how-to-generate-visual-studio-2017-project-file-with-vcpkg/11591/1 "2020-11-29T12:13:39Z")

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OS is windows 10, I installed cmake x64 installer, git pull vcpkg and build, and also run the 1-install-vcpkg.bat script in synfig source code directory, all these installation successful.

When I open powershell, and run:  
`cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:\src\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake ..\synfig\`  
it output with error ( No package ‘sigc+±2.0’ found), which I checked in C:\src\vcpkg\installed\x86-windows\lib\pkgconfig and could not find it indeed.  
the output is as below:  
CMake Deprecation Warning at CMakeLists.txt:1 (cmake\_minimum\_required):  
Compatibility with CMake \< 2.8.12 will be removed from a future version of  
CMake.

```
  Update the VERSION argument <min> value or use a ...<max> suffix to tell
  CMake that the project does not need compatibility with older versions.

-- Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.17763.0 to target Windows 10.0.18363.
-- CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: Debug
CMake Deprecation Warning at ETL/CMakeLists.txt:1 (cmake_minimum_required):
  Compatibility with CMake < 2.8.12 will be removed from a future version of
  CMake.

  Update the VERSION argument <min> value or use a ...<max> suffix to tell
  CMake that the project does not need compatibility with older versions.

-- Checking for module 'sigc++-2.0'
-- No package 'sigc++-2.0' found
CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake/share/cmake-3.19/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:553 (message):
  A required package was not found
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake/share/cmake-3.19/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:741 (_pkg_check_modules_internal)
  synfig-core/src/CMakeLists.txt:27 (pkg_check_modules)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "D:/gtkmm/synfig/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "D:/gtkmm/synfig/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

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Could someone help me out, thanks!

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### Author: ![ice0](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/ice0/32/4612_2.png) [@ice0](https://forums.synfig.org/u/ice0)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/how-to-generate-visual-studio-2017-project-file-with-vcpkg/11591/2 "2020-12-05T04:57:34Z")

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