I have create a prebuilt package using vcpkg create command and then installed it on my system. I then tried to export this package so I can use it on other systems using the following command :
vcpkg export my-lib-static --zip
but this complains about the fact that the x86 version is not installed and I need to install it. This is not possible as we only deal with x64 binaries. How can I get around this issue and export my x64 only library?
As it turns out, the command that I wrote was wrong. Since I have previously installed my lib like :
vcpkg install my-lib-static:x64-windows
I had to export it in the same manner that is :
vcpkg export my-lib-static:x64-windows --zip
Not specifying the architecture and platform, means using x86-windows and hence the error I got earlier.
The syntax for the new command is:
vcpkg export pkg1 pkg2 ... --[options] You have several options for the export format:
When you specify a package to export, all its dependencies are also included in the exported archive. This means the exported packages can stand on their own – no additional dependencies are required.
