Example of installation for Windows using vcpkg

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

注意： As an alternative solution, you can build Protobuf and \gRPC packages manually. Build instructions can be found for Protobuf and gRPC 分别。

Windows installation prerequisites:

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

注意： We recommend using Manifest mode. This mode uses declarative JSON files to describe metadata about the project. Manifest files are required to have the vcpkg.json name.

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 范例：

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.