ARROW-7644: [Doc][Install] Add vcpkg installation instructions

[JackBoosY]

arrow is available as a port in vcpkg, a C++ library manager that simplifies installation for arrow and other project dependencies. Documenting the install process here will help users get started by providing a single set of commands to build arrow, ready to be included in their projects.

We also test whether our library ports build in various configurations (dynamic, static) on various platforms (OSX, Linux, Windows: x86, x64, UWP, ARM) to keep a wide coverage for users.

I'm a maintainer for vcpkg, and here is what the port script looks like. We try to keep the library maintained as close as possible to the original library.

[github-actions]

Thanks for opening a pull request!

Could you open an issue for this pull request on JIRA?
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW

Then could you also rename pull request title in the following format?

ARROW-${JIRA_ID}: [${COMPONENT}] ${SUMMARY}

See also:

• Other pull requests
• Contribution Guidelines - How to contribute patches

[github-actions]

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-7644

[kou]

It seems that this description describes how to install Apache Arrow C++ with vcpkg instead of describing how tobuild with vcpkg.
How about adding this to https://github.com/apache/arrow-site/blob/master/install.md ? The file is published as https://arrow.apache.org/install/ .

[JackBoosY]

Good suggestion, I will move it to that doc.

[kou]

BTW, are you interested in adding Apache Arrow GLib package to vcpkg too?
To support Apache Arrow GLib, we need to do the followings:

1. Update https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports/glib/ to build with Meson instead of CMake. It will need improving vcpkg's Meson support. It will also need improving https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/tree/master/ports/gettext and https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/tree/master/ports/libiconv . (We may need to removing unofficial- prefix from their *-config.cmake.)
2. Add GObject Introspection package to vcpkg. It also uses Meson as build system.
3. Add Apache Arrow GLib package to vcpkg. It also uses Meson as build system.

[JackBoosY]

@kou According to our documentation, we tend to use cmake to build ports, because the port dependencies in vcpkg are mostly guaranteed by cmake.

[kou]

vcpkg has Meson support: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_install_meson.cmake
There are packages that uses Meson as build system such as https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports/fribidi/portfile.cmake .
Can we use this approach for Apache Arrow GLib?

[JackBoosY]

@kou Yes, we can try to use Meson, but because there are many libraries based on these ports, we need to deal with the correlation issues.

[kou]

Great!

we need to deal with the correlation issues.

I think so too.

I did one of them: microsoft/vcpkg#8162
But I don't others yet because of lack of my resource.

Could you help us for it?

[JackBoosY]

@kou Maybe you can submit a PR as the beginning and let us handle it :)
For now, I'm fixing issues with vtk and opencv3, so I don't have much time to deal with it.

[kou]

OK!

[JackBoosY]

I've create a PR #42 in arrow-site.