3.2.0 with Visual Studio 2017 C++ - installation problem with cmake

[Karsten Saunte]

Hi

New to protocol buffers, downloaded 3.2.0 and followed the guide in cmake/README.md

It fails at this step

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To start using a *Release* configuration:

     C:\Path\to\protobuf\cmake\build>mkdir release & cd release

     C:\Path\to\protobuf\cmake\build\release>cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" ^

     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ^

     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../../../../install ^

     ../..

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with the following error

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CMake Error at C:/Program Files/CMake/share/cmake-3.8/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:51 (message):

  The C compiler "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual

  Studio/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.10.25017/bin/HostX86/x86/cl.exe" is

  not able to compile a simple test program.

  It fails with the following output:

   Change Dir: M:/SandBox/proto/cpp/protobuf-3.2.0/cmake/build/release/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp

  Run Build Command:"nmake" "/NOLOGO" "cmTC_e9028\fast"

        "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual

  Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.10.25017\bin\HostX86\x86\nmake.exe"

  -f CMakeFiles\cmTC_e9028.dir\build.make /nologo -L

  CMakeFiles\cmTC_e9028.dir\build

  Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_e9028.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj

        C:\PROGRA~2\MIB055~1\2017\COMMUN~1\VC\Tools\MSVC\1410~1.250\bin\HostX86\x86\cl.exe

  @C:\Users\Karsten\AppData\Local\Temp\nmEF9D.tmp

  testCCompiler.c

  Linking C executable cmTC_e9028.exe

        "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -E vs_link_exe

  --intdir=CMakeFiles\cmTC_e9028.dir --manifests --

  C:\PROGRA~2\MIB055~1\2017\COMMUN~1\VC\Tools\MSVC\1410~1.250\bin\HostX86\x86\link.exe

  /nologo @CMakeFiles\cmTC_e9028.dir\objects1.rsp

  @C:\Users\Karsten\AppData\Local\Temp\nmF0D7.tmp

  RC Pass 1 failed to run.

  NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe"' :

  return code '0xffffffff'

  Stop.

  NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual

  Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.10.25017\bin\HostX86\x86\nmake.exe"'

  : return code '0x2'

  Stop.

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I'm really an IDE user - so not that familiar with cmake and nmake - I can't find the exact spot where it fails - i managed to extract a few parts here and there to compile and link testCCompiler.c.exe

Any clues?

[Feng Xiao]

Can you try "cmake --help"? It should print a list of Visual Compilers it supports. If VS 2017 is on the supported list, just invoke cmake with:

cmake -G "Visual Studio [VERSION_NUMBER]" ../..

and it should generate a protobuf.sln file that you can open with VS 2017.

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[Karsten Saunte]

Hi Feng

 "Visual Studio 15 2017" is supported.

The above command line refers to "NMake makefiles" not visual studio.

Anyway tried your suggestion with -G "Visual Studio 15 2017"

This fails with "-- The C compiler identification is unknown" (which worked with the "NMake makefiles" profile") - and this is due to a linker error (CMake Error log file)

  >> LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'gdi32.lib' [M:\SandBox\proto\cpp\protobuf-3.2.0\cmake\build\solution\CMakeFiles\3.8.0-rc4\CompilerIdC\CompilerIdC.vcxproj]

Tried to fix the issue by adding c:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.15063.0\um\x64\ to LIBPATH but didn't solv the issue.

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[Feng Xiao]

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 4:11 AM, Karsten Saunte <kar...@saunte.com> wrote:

Hi Feng

 "Visual Studio 15 2017" is supported.

The above command line refers to "NMake makefiles" not visual studio.

Anyway tried your suggestion with -G "Visual Studio 15 2017"

This fails with "-- The C compiler identification is unknown" (which worked with the "NMake makefiles" profile") - and this is due to a linker error (CMake Error log file)

  >> LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'gdi32.lib' [M:\SandBox\proto\cpp\protobuf-3.2.0\cmake\build\solution\CMakeFiles\3.8.0-rc4\CompilerIdC\CompilerIdC.vcxproj]

Tried to fix the issue by adding c:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.15063.0\um\x64\ to LIBPATH but didn't solv the issue.

It seems to me an installation problem with visual studio. 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33599723/fatal-error-lnk1104-cannot-open-file-gdi32-lib

Some people say it can be fixed by reinstall visual studio. Can you give it a try? Alternatively, can you try with a different version of visual studio?

 

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