In the instructions on how to compile KiCad in Windows using MSVC it’s stated that if one sets the environment variable VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET to “x64-windows” one shouldn’t need to specify that every package shall be installed with the x64 option.
This did not work for me. I have double checked and there are no blank spaces or such in the variable name or value.
I ran the command:
./vcpkg install boost cairo curl glew gettext glm icu libxslt ngspice opencascade opengl openssl python3 wxpython wxwidgets zlib
But the x86 versions was installed anyway. Going back to the output of the vcpkg install command I can see that it did indeed choose the x86 versions:
$ ./vcpkg install boost cairo curl glew gettext glm icu libxslt ngspice opencascade opengl openssl python3 wxpython wxwidgets zlib
Computing installation plan…
A suitable version of cmake was not found (required v3.20.0). Downloading portable cmake v3.20.0…
Downloading cmake…
https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.20.2/cmake-3.20.2-windows-i386.zip -> C:\git\other-repos\vcpkg\downloads\cmake-3.20.2-windows-i386.zip
Extracting cmake…
A suitable version of 7zip was not found (required v18.1.0). Downloading portable 7zip v18.1.0…
Downloading 7zip…
https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/7-Zip.CommandLine/18.1.0 -> C:\git\other-repos\vcpkg\downloads\7-zip.commandline.18.1.0.nupkg
Extracting 7zip…
A suitable version of nuget was not found (required v5.5.0). Downloading portable nuget v5.5.0…
Downloading nuget…
https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/v5.5.1/nuget.exe -> C:\git\other-repos\vcpkg\downloads\22ea847d-nuget.exe
The following packages will be built and installed:
boost[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-accumulators[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-algorithm[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-align[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-any[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-array[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-asio[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0#1
- boost-assert[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-assign[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-atomic[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0#1
- boost-beast[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-bimap[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-bind[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-build[core]:x64-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-callable-traits[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0
- boost-chrono[core]:x86-windows -> 1.75.0#1
I’m now solving this by instead running the command:
./vcpkg install boost:x64-windows cairo:x64-windows curl:x64-windows glew:x64-windows gettext:x64-windows glm:x64-windows icu:x64-windows libxslt:x64-windows ngspice:x64-windows opencascade:x64-windows opengl:x64-windows python3:x64-windows wxpython:x64-windows wxwidgets:x64-windows zlib:x64-windows
Just thought this was worth to mention to others, since the installation took over three hours.
