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Create vcpkgwindows.md #10

Closed zfengyan closed 2 years ago

zfengyan commented 2 years ago

An alternative solution for installing CGAL and GDAL on windows.

hugoledoux commented 2 years ago

hmmm, if you write it I'm happy to merge it to the website!

but I find it really long and complex compared to linux, I find it rather frustrating. But if you write a tutorial I'm more than happy to host it.

zfengyan commented 2 years ago

Hi Hugo! Thanks for the response! Yes, I drafted it (some commands come from the official document).

And yes indeed it is rather complex compared to Linux, using WSL is also a good practice for learning Linux.

The main reason is that, during our practice, my teammates and I found that WSL was not always satisfying. Even though it is convenient to install third-party libraries, WSL will take up more and more space on the C drive.

And in the first year, Geomatics recommends using windows because some courses' software is "more stable" on windows ... ? This may remain to be seen, but I found most of my classmates are using windows, especially in the first year. So after some exploring and practicing, I find the vcpkg solution suitable and doable for the windows platform, at least it does a pretty good job for me (e.g. when I installed GDAL, and CGAL on windows).

So I think maybe this alternative solution can offer another way of setting up CGAL, GDAL (and probably other third-party libraries such as Eigen, geos, boost) on windows platform.

And also yes I'm afraid my draft is not concise enough ... so I also added a great YouTube link about vcpkg, in case anyone needs a hand-to-hand tutorial.

Thanks for your time!

hugoledoux commented 2 years ago

okay, this is great, it's now online, I'll fix a few things when I have time but thanks

zfengyan commented 2 years ago

okay, this is great, it's now online, I'll fix a few things when I have time but thanks

No problem! Very happy to help/share! You can do any changes you want. I might also make it more concise and nice (like other blogs in geogeek) if I have more time for it!