Re: [Quantlib-users] Quantlib in CLion

[Jonathan S. <sw...@gm...>]

The error message is correct - QuantLib cannot be built as a shared library
(DLL) on Windows with vcpkg.

Use the following command to install QuantLib as a static library on
Windows instead.

.\vcpkg install quantlib:x64-windows-static


On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 11:58 AM Chirag Desai <chi...@ya...>
wrote:

> Thank you Jonathan for your kind advice.
>
> I tried using VC PKG to install quantlib but I believe you cannot install
> it on Windows. I got the error message below.
>
> Error: quantlib[core] is only supported on '!(windows & !static)'
>
> On the website Compatibility, it indicates Windows supported. Can you
> confirm Windows is not supported and if you know when it might be possible ?
>  Browse public vcpkg packages <https://vcpkg.io/en/packages.html>
>
> Browse public vcpkg packages
>
> Explore vcpkg libraries to install
> <https://vcpkg.io/en/packages.html>
>
>
>
>
> [image: Inline image]
>
> Thank you for your guidance
>
>
> On Monday, May 2, 2022, 08:33:37 PM GMT+8, Jonathan Sweemer <
> sw...@gm...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Chirag,
>
> Did you follow the instructions in the CMake output and 'Add the
> installation prefix of "QuantLib" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
> "QuantLib_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files'?
>
> If C:/local/QuantLib-1.24/cmake-build-debug-visualstudio2017 is your CMake
> build directory, then the 'above files' will be found in the cmake
> directory under that build directory.
>
> If that doesn't work then the best I can do is point you to the
> documentation on CMake config mode[1] and wish you luck, as I won't be able
> to offer much further help remotely.
>
> By the way, the quantlib-vcpkg-example repo that you found is an example
> of how to link your project to QuantLib installed through vcpkg, which you
> haven't used. If you'd like to, you can try out vcpkg, and it may make your
> life easier in the long run, but be aware that it has a learning curve of
> its own to grapple with first.
>
> [1]
> https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/find_package.html#config-mode-search-procedure
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