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 The examples folder has a [CMake tutorial](https://github.com/davisking/dlib/blob/master/examples/CMakeLists.txt) that tells you what to do.  There are also additional instructions on the [dlib web site](http://dlib.net/compile.html).
 
+Alternatively, if you are using the [vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/) dependency manager you can download and install dlib with CMake integration in a single command:
+```bash
+vcpkg install dlib
+```
+
 ## Compiling dlib Python API
 
 Before you can run the Python example programs you must compile dlib. Type: