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authorPhoebe <20694052+PhoebeHui@users.noreply.github.com>2020-01-24 07:46:25 +0800
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*Note that you MUST be in the root of the FlatBuffers distribution when you
run 'flattests' or `flatsampletext`, or it will fail to load its files.*
+## Building with VCPKG
+
+You can download and install flatbuffers using the [vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/) dependency manager:
+
+ git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
+ cd vcpkg
+ ./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
+ ./vcpkg integrate install
+ ./vcpkg install flatbuffers
+
+The flatbuffers port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and community contributors.
+If the version is out of date, please [create an issue or pull request](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) on the vcpkg repository.
+
## Building for Android
There is a `flatbuffers/android` directory that contains all you need to build