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I just installed VSCode on Windows to start using it as my first IDE. However, putting some basic programs in there, I noticed it (unlike another IDE I was using) does not have any libraries for C++ whatsoever.

#include <iostream> for example has a problem, and when I click it it says to go download vcpkg to download the libraries. I followed the instructions on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/vcpkg?view=vs-2019 to install it but when I try to use vcpkg search in the command line it does nothing. Is there any way to use vcpkg with VSCode? Running the .bat file as directed does nothing. I just want to get these libraries in so my programs I've already written will work and I can add new libraries as I need/learn them. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, I followed the instructions exactly, and when I search online there are no other helpful results.

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  • VSCode is just an editor. It doesn't come with compiler or libraries. You should probably get Visual Studio Community Edition. – kjpus Jun 18 '20 at 01:09
  • Your standard library headers should come with your compiler. VSCode doesn't come with a compiler, so you'll have to install one yourself. Here are the instructions for Mingw-w64: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw This has nothing to do with vcpkg. – eesiraed Jun 18 '20 at 02:42

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I ran that line with forward slashes instead of backslashes and it did something, FYI:

$ ./vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.bat Downloading https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/releases/download/2022-09-20/vcpkg.exe -> C:\Users\me\vcpkg.exe... done. Validating signature... done.

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