fmtlib + cmake

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.12)

# not strictly needed, but it helps when you forget to pass the CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE as argument to cmake
if(DEFINED ENV{VCPKG_ROOT} AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
  set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
      "$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
      CACHE STRING "")
endif()

project(cmake_example CXX)

# finds the fmt installation
find_package(fmt CONFIG REQUIRED)

add_executable(main main.cpp)
target_compile_features(main PUBLIC cxx_std_17)

# links with fmt. Some magic happens here
target_link_libraries(main fmt::fmt)

commands

# assuming you're in the directory with both of these files
mkdir build
cd build

# replace path below with your own instalattion folder ofc
cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/home/markhc/Coding/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake

main.cpp

#include <fmt/printf.h>

int main() {
  fmt::print("{}, {}. {} {}\n", "Hello", "there", 42, 3.1415);
}