vcpkg is not able to find cmake.cmd when installing a package

Question

I tried to install vcpkg on Windows 10. I followed the steps of the Quick Start section, but I get an error, when I try to run this command:

.\vcpkg install sdl2 curl

Error:

error checking existence of file "C:\msys64\usr\bin\cmake.cmd" The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect

I installed msys64 and cmake:

pacman -S cmake

But there is still no cmake.cmd in C:\msys64\usr\bin\, only a cmake.exe.

I tried to manualy create C:\msys64\usr\bin\cmake.cmd with this content:

if %1 == -E  (
cmake.exe  %* 
) else (
cmake.exe -G "NMake Makefiles"  -DWIN32=1 %*
)
pause 5

But I still get the same error.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '19 at 14:10

Looks like it defaulted to an incorrect configuration. It just needed to be specified manually.

msys is configured automatically. So first reverse its installation:

Then perform a clean install for Windows:

run bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
run vcpkg update
run vcpkg search sdl2
should find something, probably sdl2:x86-windows or sdl2:x64-windows, if it doesn't, it's a problem
run vcpkg install sdl2:x86-windows or vcpkg install sdl2:x64-windows
same for curl

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