undefined reference when compiling c++ project with g++ - c++

Question

I am trying to create a simple c++ application that utilizes the libheif library.
My setup is Visual Studio Code and msys2, I followed the recommended setup guide for c++ and vscode
I have started by including the file libheif into one of the paths obtained using the command cpp -v,
I then tried to compile the basic example found on the libheif github page
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
extern "C" {
#include <libheif/heif.h>
}
int main() {
const char *input_filename = "test.heic";
heif_context* ctx = heif_context_alloc();
heif_context_read_from_file(ctx, input_filename, nullptr);
// get a handle to the primary image
heif_image_handle* handle;
heif_context_get_primary_image_handle(ctx, &handle);
// decode the image and convert colorspace to RGB, saved as 24bit interleaved
heif_image* img;
heif_decode_image(handle, &img, heif_colorspace_RGB, heif_chroma_interleaved_RGB, nullptr);
int stride;
const uint8_t* data = heif_image_get_plane_readonly(img, heif_channel_interleaved, &stride);
}
I compile it and get the following errors
C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\g++.exe -g D:\Projects\ImageConverter\heic2jpg.cpp -o D:\Projects\ImageConverter\heic2jpg.exe
C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/10.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\wetha\AppData\Local\Temp\ccz86gv8.o:D:/Projects/ImageConverter/heic2jpg.cpp:10: undefined reference to `heif_context_alloc'
C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/10.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\wetha\AppData\Local\Temp\ccz86gv8.o: in function `main':
D:/Projects/ImageConverter/heic2jpg.cpp:11: undefined reference to `heif_context_read_from_file'
C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/10.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:/Projects/ImageConverter/heic2jpg.cpp:15: undefined reference to `heif_context_get_primary_image_handle'
C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/10.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:/Projects/ImageConverter/heic2jpg.cpp:19: undefined reference to `heif_decode_image'
C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/10.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: D:/Projects/ImageConverter/heic2jpg.cpp:22: undefined reference to `heif_image_get_plane_readonly'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
VCPKG
g++
for g++ i ran the command
g++ main.cpp -LD:/vcpkg -llibheif
cmake
i installed cmake and created a CMakeLists.txt containing
# CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
project(test)
find_package(libheif)
add_executable(main heic2jpg.cpp)
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE libheif::heif)
then ran the command
cmake .. "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=D:\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake"
and got errors
C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/10.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -llibheif
and got errors
Could not find a package configuration file provided by "libheif" with any
of the following names:
libheifConfig.cmake
libheif-config.cmake
i have tried both of these with different varients of package names such has libheif_x86-windows.