From a4028d417b479325737da1c9322a2071bc4f3326 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: grdowns Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 04:17:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add vcpkg installation instructions --- README.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4461bff..bd01ae5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -31,7 +31,17 @@ Snapshots may contain new features, bug-fixes or new OpenGL extensions ahead of ## Build -It is highly recommended to build from a tgz or zip release snapshot. +You can download and build GLEW using the [vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) dependency manager: + + git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git + cd vcpkg + ./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh + ./vcpkg integrate install + vcpkg install glew + +The GLEW port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and community contributors. If the version is out of date, please [create an issue or pull request](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) on the vcpkg repository. + +It is highly recommended to build from a tgz or zip release snapshot or vcpkg. The code generation workflow is a complex brew of gnu make, perl and python, that works best on Linux or Mac. For most end-users of GLEW the official releases are the best choice, with first class support.