get vcpkg (c/++ package installer/builder)
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
checkout vcpkg commit e6c6d9621 to get protobuf version 3012001
cd ./vcpkg && git checkout e6c6d9621
run this to download/build vcpkg.exe
.\vcpkg\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
install/build protobuf for x64, default is x86(!)
.\vcpkg\vcpkg.exe install protobuf:x64-windows
prints out
Stored binary cache: C:\Users\Graham\AppData\Local\vcpkg\archives\f5\f5fb5e0dce210c67f2a8bac4c778e5cc38a05b0e238b7b28f11b4ed56a05a9db.zip
^^^ latest version Version we're using stores output in;
-- Installing: D:/vcpkg/packages/protobuf_x64-windows/tools/protobuf/protoc.exe -- Installing: D:/vcpkg/packages/protobuf_x64-windows/share/protobuf/copyright
open this zipfolder to find includes + lib + dll
If you checkout latest, build, then checkout old version, it won't build. (some protobuf error, cache?) Had to delete & start again.
Error in map_field.inl.h;
error C4800: Implicit conversion from 'google::protobuf::Mapstd::string,cr::proto::models::manifest::ResourcesList::size_type' to bool. Possible information loss
changed to !=0 and it compiles