[XALANC-810] vcpkg install xalan-c : where is the executable?

• Type: Wish
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: XalanC
• Assignee: Gary D. Gregory
• Reporter: Marco Antoniotti
• Created: 09/Jun/20 20:05
• Updated: 09/Jun/20 20:05

Description

Hi

I just installed a fresh version of vcpkg on W10.

Then I tried to install Xalan-c.  The command I issued is

C:\where\vcpkg\is> .\vcpkg install xalan-c

This installs xerces and xalan-c libraries but leaves the Xalan.exe in the src subfolder of the vcpkg build structure.

I would have expected some way to install the executable in some appropriate place, either default or of my choice.  Alas, I did not find anything in the vcpkg documentation that would help me in this regard.

What I found is that, in theory, you should be able to do

C:\where\vcpkg\is> .\vcpkg install xalan-c[tool]

i.e., using a "feature" that would allow you to tell vcpkg to "install" the executable in a more sensible place.

Please not that the while point for me was not to have to deal with Cmake and the build process.

I understand that this may be mostly a vcpkg issue, but maybe it is not, and it is something that has to do with the way xalan-c is "packaged" for vcpkg.

Any idea/help?

Thanks

Marco