Is there a way to link SFML libraries in VSCode Mac?

Question

Is there a reasonably easy to follow way to link SFML libraries with VSCode in macOS?

My case:

• Using Mac
• Using Clang with VSCode
• Have Xcode installed
• Am an amateur

Note : I am using clang and Mac

Answer 1

See my question and answer here: Manually link and compile C++ program with SFML (macOS)

In a nutshell:

• download sfml for mac
• copy include directory from extracted folder to your project directory
• copy the dynamic library files to your project also, folder lib
• in terminal type the g++ command and link to the dynamic libs

It will be something like this:

g++ main.cpp -o main -I include -L lib -l sfml-system -l sfml-window -l sfml-graphics -l sfml-audio -l sfml-network -Wl,-rpath ./lib

Answer 2

here's a boiler plate to link sfml in vs code:

https://github.com/andrew-r-king/sfml-vscode-boilerplate

Answer 3

If you have Macbook M1, the other answers won't work. The reason is because sfml from the website is compiled in x86_64, and you can't compile the libraries directly to arm64. So, you need sfml and pkg-config to be installed on Homebrew.

Command:

g++ main.cpp $(pkg-config --libs --cflags sfml-window sfml-system sfml-graphics) -o main

More detailed solution here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/53510642/16264548

If you don't wan to use pkg-config, then you can manually type in the locations:

main.cpp -I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/sfml/2.5.1_1/include -L/opt/homebrew/Cellar/sfml/2.5.1_1/lib -lsfml-window -lsfml-system -lsfml-graphics -o main

Answer 4

To enable the editor features, you can add library include files to C/C++ configurations:

• Open Command Palette (??P by default)
• Type and select "C/C++: Edit Configurations (UI)"
• In section "Include path" add a line: /your/path/to/sfml/include/*

In my case, the path is /usr/local/Cellar/sfml/2.5.1_1/include/*