Basic vcpkg installation instructions do not work

[thomasnal]

Describe the bug
The main installation instruction in vcpkg-tool does not work.

~$ . <(curl https://aka.ms/vcpkg-init.sh -L)
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100  3389  100  3389    0     0   4744      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  4744
curl: Failed writing body

Environment

• OS: MacOS 15.3
• Platform: Mac M1

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Visit https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/
2. Copy install instructions . <(curl https://aka.ms/vcpkg-init.sh -L)
3. Paste to terminal that is running bash
4. See the error.

Expected behavior
vcpkg-tool downloaded and installed. no error.

Failure logs
see above in the report

Additional context
I'm looking for a solution for building a node package that has suddenly started to failed due vcpkg error:

npm error -- Updating /Users/thomas/vcpkg
npm error Already up to date.
npm error Downloading vcpkg-macos...
npm error vcpkg package management program version 2025-02-11-bec4296bf5289dc9ce83b4f5095943e44162f9c2
npm error
npm error See LICENSE.txt for license information.
npm error -- Running vcpkg install
npm error error: try_read_contents("/Users/thomas/vcpkg/scripts/vcpkg-tools.json"): No such file or directory

[thomasnal]

It appears the issue originates from using a newer version of vcpkg binary in combination with an older commit of vcpkg repo.

$ vcpkg --version
vcpkg package management program version 2025-02-11-2025.02.11

See LICENSE.txt for license information.

vcpkg commit used by the package being compiled,

commit ee2d2a100103e0f3613c60655dcf15be7d5157b8
...
Date:   Wed Sep 11 09:42:43 2024 +0900

Overriding the projects vcpkg.json and CMakeLists.txt to use the newest vcpkg commit make the build process run. The scripts/vcpkg-tool.json is not the issue any more.

[LilyWangLL]

Thanks for posting this issue, vcpkg is continuously being updated. Each update fixes some bugs and adds new features. Please try to use the latest vcpkg repo in your projects.