Desktop Configuration

This page will get you started developing for desktop. You will need to have VSCode, Docker, Node.js and CMake installed on your system.

Windows

Clone and bootstrap vcpkg using the following commands

git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git C:\some\path\to\vcpkg
cd C:\some\path\to\vcpkg
./bootstrap-vcpkg.bat

Set an environment variable with the path to vcpkg:

1. Open Windows Explorer and Right click on This PC and select `Properties" from the popup menu.
2. Select Advanced System Settings and then click the Environment Variables... button in the popup window
3. Add a new user variable named VCPKG_DIR with value: C:\some\path\to\vcpkg. Note: if it is open, you will need to close and reopen VSCode after doing this.

Mac OS

Begin by ensuring that you have homebrew installed. Install the needed dependency:

brew install pkg-config

Clone and bootstrap vcpkg using the following commands

git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git /some/path/to/vcpkg
cd /some/path/to/vcpkg
./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh

Set an environment variable with the path to vcpkg:

1. Open the file: ~/.zshenv in a text editor. Create it if it does not already exist.
2. Add the line: export VCPKG_DIR=/some/path/to/vcpkg to the bottom of the file.
3. Update environment variables: source ~/.zshenv