Missing fmtd.dll from vcpkg/get_started/get-started.md helloworld

[intel-david]

Description

I followed the HelloWorld example on the "Getting Started" page, vcpkg/get_started/get-started.md, and the compiled binary produced an error message saying it couldn't find fmtd.dll.

Solution

I fixed this in two ways:

1. Used target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE fmt::fmt-header-only) in the CMake preset.
2. Used target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE fmt::fmt) in the CMake preset but typed vcpkg.exe integrate install before building the CMake project.

Hopefully I didn't miss a setup step, but I thought I'd report it in case the example needs some clarification.

Thank you.

[vicroms]

I tried following the steps in the tutorial myself (followed the instructions for PowerShell) and couldn't reproduce the issue.

Used target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE fmt::fmt-header-only) in the CMake preset.
Used target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE fmt::fmt) in the CMake preset but typed vcpkg.exe integrate install before building the CMake project.

Do you mean CMakeLists.txt?

Your issue seems to be linking the DLL files, double check that:

1. In CMakePresets.json, you are setting CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE with the value $env{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake.
2. In CMakeUserPresets.json, you set the value of VCPKG_ROOT to the actual path where vcpkg is installed, for example, to me that is C:\dev\vcpkg.

The vcpkg integrate install command should not have any effect on CMake projects, only on Visual Studio/MSBuild projects.