Windows compile error – MSBuild.exe (sofa 17.12)

[mslib]

I had no issues compiling for Ubuntu but in windows 10 with visual studio 17 I am getting this error in cmake.

Selecting Windows SDK version  to target Windows 10.0.16299.
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:2 (project):
  Failed to run MSBuild command:

    MSBuild.exe

  to get the value of VCTargetsPath:

    The system cannot find the file specified

I googled this a bit and found this solution.

The possible solution to this is to install MSBuild.exe

Scroll down to Other Tools and Frameworks, and install Build Tools For Visual Studio

So I installed build tools but it did not help. So is something messed up with my Path to MSBuild?

Thanks

[mslib]

I updated my windows environment PATH variable so it would find MSBuild.exe but now it is giving this error.

 error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" was not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.

My searching for why it is looking for Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props has not been helpful.

[Guillaume]

Hi,

Sorry for the late answer.
It seems that your Visual Studio installation is a bit messed up. Did you manage to solve your issue?

Guillaume.

[mslib]

I installed Visual Studio 2015 instead of 2017 and I am further along now, but I am having issues with find the boost libraries.

  Boost include path: C:/local/boost_1_64_0

  Could not find the following Boost libraries:

          boost_system
          boost_filesystem
          boost_locale
          boost_program_options
          boost_thread
          boost_date_time

The libraries it is looking for seem to here C:\local\boost_1_64_0\lib64-msvc-14.1\boost_system-vc141-mt-1_64 etc..
I have set these environment variables.
BOOST_LIBRARYDIR
BOOST_ROOT
but cmake is not able to find them.

Sorry, I am not experienced with compiling.

Thanks

[cvelasco]

Hi mslib,

It seems that your boost libraries are not compatible for Visual Studio 2015. You can download a precompiled Boost version for msvc 2015 here taking in account that boost_1_67_0-msvc-14.0-64.exe is a version for msvc 2015 and boost_1_67_0-msvc-14.1-64.exe is for msvc 2017. Take a look at this Wikipedia link for more info.

Hope it helps. Sorry for my bad english by the way.

Cheers, Cesar.

[mslib]

I will give that a try, thanks.

[mslib]

Boost is working for cmake now. I just ran a Visual Studio build, but a few projects failed.

126>------ Build started: Project: ALL_BUILD, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
126>  Building Custom Rule C:/Users/Matt/Desktop/sofa/v17.12/src/CMakeLists.txt
126>  CMake does not need to re-run because C:/Users/Matt/Desktop/sofa/v17.12/build/CMakeFiles/generate.stamp is up-to-date.
127>------ Skipped Build: Project: PACKAGE, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
127>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration 
128>------ Skipped Build: Project: INSTALL, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
128>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration 
========== Build: 119 succeeded, 6 failed, 0 up-to-date, 3 skipped ==========

The Error list is empty though, so I am not sure how to track down what failed.

[epernod]

Hi,

I can see the 3 skipped in your log. But could you identify which projects are failing.
And post the log.

thanks.

[mslib]

I am not sure how to track down which projects failed or were skipped. The error list view is not giving me any information. I searched through the log text but didn’t see anything obvious. Sorry, I am a Visual Studio newb.

[Hugo]

no worries @mslib
To help you understand, could you still paste the entire log text?

[mslib]

It is 8mb, so I uploaded it. Hopefully this link works.
logFile

[Guillaume]

Hi,

Are you trying to build SOFA on Windows RT (tablet)?
If no, I think you installed the wrong Qt version. Open your Qt MaintenanceTool and install the libs for “MSVC2015 x64” instead of “WinRT MSVC2015 x64” 😉

Guillaume.

[mslib]

Not using a tablet so I will look into that. Thanks

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