Seems to be working now

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ build/
 compile_commands.json
 .cache
 .qtcreator
+vcpkg_installed

CMakePresets.json

@@ -16,7 +16,20 @@
           "type": "BOOL",
           "value": "ON"
         },
-        "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH": "$env{HOME}/Qt/6.10.2/gcc_64/lib/cmake"
+        "CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM": {
+          "type": "FILEPATH",
+          "value": "/usr/bin/ninja"
+        },
+        "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER": {
+          "type": "FILEPATH",
+          "value": "/usr/bin/g++"
+        },
+        "CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake",
+        "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH": "$env{HOME}/Qt/6.10.2/gcc_64/lib/cmake",
+        "VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET": "x64-linux",
+        "VCPKG_MANIFEST_MODE": "ON",
+        "VCPKG_MANIFEST_DIR": "${sourceDir}",
+        "VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR": "${sourceDir}/vcpkg_installed"
       }
     },
     {

proto/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -5,8 +5,23 @@ project(proto LANGUAGES CXX)
 find_package(protobuf CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(gRPC CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
-find_program(PROTOC_EXECUTABLE protoc)
-find_program(GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE grpc_cpp_plugin)
+# Add vcpkg paths to the search
+find_program(PROTOC_EXECUTABLE protoc
+    PATHS 
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/vcpkg_installed/x64-linux/tools/protobuf
+        ${VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/tools/protobuf
+    REQUIRED
+    NO_DEFAULT_PATH
+)
+
+find_program(GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE grpc_cpp_plugin
+    PATHS 
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/vcpkg_installed/x64-linux/tools/grpc
+        ${VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/tools/grpc
+    REQUIRED
+    NO_DEFAULT_PATH
+)
+
 
 if(NOT PROTOC_EXECUTABLE)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "protoc not found! Install protobuf compiler")
@@ -16,6 +31,9 @@ if(NOT GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "grpc_cpp_plugin not found! Install gRPC with C++ plugin")
 endif()
 
+message(STATUS "Found protoc: ${PROTOC_EXECUTABLE}")
+message(STATUS "Found grpc_cpp_plugin: ${GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE}")
+
 set(PROTO_FILES
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/messages.proto
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/services.proto
@@ -57,8 +75,7 @@ target_include_directories(proto_static PUBLIC
     ${PROTO_OUT}
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(proto_static PRIVATE 
+target_link_libraries(proto_static PUBLIC
   protobuf::libprotobuf 
-  gRPC::grpc
   gRPC::grpc++
 )

vcpkg-configuration.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "registries": [
+    {
+      "kind": "artifact",
+      "location": "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg-ce-catalog/archive/refs/heads/main.zip",
+      "name": "microsoft"
+    }
+  ]
+}

vcpkg.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": [
+    "grpc",
+    "protobuf"
+  ],
+  "builtin-baseline": "ac7af7424cbaf9057cb246b620f455303dccd6ed"
+}