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# vcpkg_find_acquire_program
The latest version of this document lives in the [vcpkg repo](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.md).
Download or find a well-known tool.
## Usage
```cmake
vcpkg_find_acquire_program(<VAR>)
```
## Parameters
### VAR
This variable specifies both the program to be acquired as well as the out parameter that will be set to the path of the program executable.
## Notes
The current list of programs includes:
* 7Z
* ARIA2 (Downloader)
* BISON
* CLANG
* DARK
* DOXYGEN
* FLEX
* GASPREPROCESSOR
* GPERF
* PERL
* PYTHON2
* PYTHON3
* GIT
* GN
* GO
* JOM
* MESON
* NASM
* NINJA
* NUGET
* SCONS
* SWIG
* YASM
Note that msys2 has a dedicated helper function: [`vcpkg_acquire_msys`](vcpkg_acquire_msys.md).
## Examples
* [ffmpeg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports/ffmpeg/portfile.cmake)
* [openssl](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports/openssl/portfile.cmake)
* [qt5](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports/qt5/portfile.cmake)
## Source
[scripts/cmake/vcpkg\_find\_acquire\_program.cmake](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake)