Example of installation for Windows using vcpkg

You can install Protobuf and gRPC packages on Windows using vcpkg.

Windows installation prerequisites:

• The vcpkg package manager
• Microsoft Visual C++ compiler
• Qt 6.6 or later, including Additional libraries: Qt Protobuf and Qt GRPC

The vcpkg is a cross-platform C/C++ package manager. You can use the vcpkg for Protobuf, gRPC and its dependencies installation:

 .\vcpkg.exe install protobuf protobuf:x64-windows
 .\vcpkg.exe install grpc:x64-windows

Finally, you can build and execute Qt-based projects with Protobuf and gRPC support. For instance, run Magic 8 Ball from your installed version of Qt. The example requires both packages to be installed, since Magic 8 Ball uses native C++ source code generator plugin for the server part of application. Following steps are required to start Magic 8 Ball example:

• Find Magic 8 Ball in Examples section:

  

• Choose MSVC-based building kit from Qt-creator configuration settings:

  

• Add the paths to the installed Protobuf and gRPC packages to the CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH environment variable inside Initial Configuration settings block:

  

• Build and Run.