We assume that your project defines its dependences in a vcpkg.json file, and you are pulling in vcpkg's cmake toolchain file. Then all you need to do is:

Add gamenetworkingsockets as a dependency in your project's vcpkg.json
In your cmake file, add find_package( GameNetworkingSockets )
Link your targets with the appropriate library:
- target_link_libraries(<your_target> GameNetworkingSockets::shared)
- or target_link_libraries(<your_target> GameNetworkingSockets::static)

Building the example project using vcpkg in manifest mode

Here are some specific instructions that build the example project using vcpkg in "manifest mode". This example assumes Windows, and also it's recommended to run this from a Visual Studio command prompt so we know what compiler to use.

First, we bootstrap a project-specific installation of vcpkg ("manifest mode") in the default location, <project root>/vcpkg. From the project root, run these commands:

> git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
> .\vcpkg\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat

Now we ask vcpkg to install of the dependencies for our project, which are described by the file <project root>/vcpkg.json. Note that this step is optional, as cmake will automatically do this. But here we are doing it in a separate step so that we can isolate any problems, because if problems happen here don't have anything to do with your cmake files.

> .\vcpkg\vcpkg install --triplet=x64-windows

Next build the project files. There are different options for telling cmake how to integrate with vcpkg; here we use CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE on the command line. Also we select Ninja project generator.

> cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake

Finally, build the project:

> cd build
> ninja