Building digikam on Windows

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi.

No, Do not install VCPKG included in MSVC. Install VCPK separately as
explained in the README file :

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/master/project/bundles/vcpkg/README.md?ref_type=heads

With the stand alone VCPKG from github, you have a fine control to
update packages using git CLI.

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le mar. 26 déc. 2023 à 22:00, Nino <nino.kettlitz at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Where can I find documentation on how to build Digikam for Windows?
>
> What are the prerequisites?
> I already installed Qt6 and Visual Studio Community Edition, but bootstrap.vcpkg fails with:
>
> CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "NMake Makefiles".  CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set.  You probably need to select a different build tool.
> CMake Error: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
> CMake Error: CMAKE_C_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
>
> I think the problem is b/c the VCPKG_DIR is wrong
> VCPKG_DIR="/c/vcpkg"
> I changed it to
> VCPKG_DIR="/c/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ Visual\ Studio/2022/Community/VC/vcpkg"
> but now CMake complains:
> CMake Warning:
>   Ignoring extra path from command line:
>    "Studio/2022/Community/VC/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
>
> So it seems it cannot handle the folder names containing spaces.
>
> Any idea how to workaround this?
>
> I also tried creating a Windows batch file (bootstrap.vcpkg.bat) to avoid Windows vs. Unix filename mess, but it did not work either (CMake failed to compile a simple program).
>
> Any help would be highly appreciated.