No CMake configuration found - Windows

[cristian-adam]

@kl11 said in No CMake configuration found - Windows:

CMake Error at ports/atlmfc/portfile.cmake:7 (message):
Unable to locate 'afxres.h'. Ensure you have installed the ATL/MFC
component of Visual Studio.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
scripts/ports.cmake:145 (include)

Is the error that you need to fix. This is done by starting Visual Studio setup and selecting ATL/MFC component.

[kl11]

@cristian-adam thankyou for the quick response. I'm sorry to ask but I don't have a lot of experience compiling, packaging and building. I would be very appreciative if you could describe how to do this or link a guide you recommend on the matter. Again thankyou

[cristian-adam]

On your Windows machine (where I assume you have Visual Studio 2019 installed):

1. Press 🪟 key, then type "Visual Studio Installer"
2. Select your Visual Studio 2019 installation and click on "Modify" button.
3. Then in the "Desktop development with C++" at the "Optional" packages select the packages:
   • C++ ATL for latest v142 build tools
   • C++ MFC for latest v142 build tools
4. Click on the bottom "Modify" button and that should be it

[kl11]

Thankyou for the additional help, however the issues still persist. I'm going to try re cloning the branch. Do I need to have visual studio running the project in tandem with Qt?

[cristian-adam]

You don't need Visual Studio open in parallel. You just need the compiler.

But, the screenshot that you've provided has more issues:

1. No ninja binary, you need to have ninja-build installed. Either from Qt SDK or github.
2. It looks you are using an Android Kit

If you are trying to target Android, then it's a bit more complicated with vcpkg, which is trying to build for x64-windows.

[kl11]

@cristian-adam I launched the project in VS and recieved these two errors:

Inspecting the logs for the first error I find

[1/1] cmd /c "cd .. && "C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/downloads/tools/cmake-3.22.2-windows/cmake-3.22.2-windows-i386/bin/cmake.exe" "C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/buildtrees/libspatialindex/src/1.9.3-6cf20331d2.clean" "-DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=d" "-DSIDX_BUILD_TESTS:BOOL=OFF" "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" "-DVCPKG_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/scripts/toolchains/windows.cmake" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-windows" "-DVCPKG_SET_CHARSET_FLAG=ON" "-DVCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET=v143" "-DCMAKE_EXPORT_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_SKIP=TRUE" "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON" "-DVCPKG_APPLOCAL_DEPS=OFF" "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" "-DCMAKE_ERROR_ON_ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_DESTINATION=ON" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE=dynamic" "-DVCPKG_LINKER_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE=x64" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:STRING=lib" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR:STRING=bin" "-D_VCPKG_ROOT_DIR=C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base" "-DZ_VCPKG_ROOT_DIR=C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base" "-D_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR=C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/out/build/x64-Debug/vcpkg_installed" "-DVCPKG_MANIFEST_INSTALL=OFF" "-Ax64" "-G" "Visual Studio 17 2022" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/packages/libspatialindex_x64-windows""
FAILED: ../CMakeCache.txt 
cmd /c "cd .. && "C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/downloads/tools/cmake-3.22.2-windows/cmake-3.22.2-windows-i386/bin/cmake.exe" "C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/buildtrees/libspatialindex/src/1.9.3-6cf20331d2.clean" "-DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=d" "-DSIDX_BUILD_TESTS:BOOL=OFF" "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" "-DVCPKG_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/scripts/toolchains/windows.cmake" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-windows" "-DVCPKG_SET_CHARSET_FLAG=ON" "-DVCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET=v143" "-DCMAKE_EXPORT_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=ON" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_SKIP=TRUE" "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON" "-DVCPKG_APPLOCAL_DEPS=OFF" "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" "-DCMAKE_ERROR_ON_ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_DESTINATION=ON" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_C_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE=dynamic" "-DVCPKG_LINKER_FLAGS=" "-DVCPKG_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE=" "-DVCPKG_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG=" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE=x64" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:STRING=lib" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR:STRING=bin" "-D_VCPKG_ROOT_DIR=C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base" "-DZ_VCPKG_ROOT_DIR=C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base" "-D_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR=C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/out/build/x64-Debug/vcpkg_installed" "-DVCPKG_MANIFEST_INSTALL=OFF" "-Ax64" "-G" "Visual Studio 17 2022" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/packages/libspatialindex_x64-windows""
-- Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.19041.0 to target Windows 10.0.22000.
-- The C compiler identification is unknown
-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:8 (project):
  No CMAKE_C_COMPILER could be found.



CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:8 (project):
  No CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER could be found.



-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/buildtrees/libspatialindex/x64-windows-rel/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/buildtrees/libspatialindex/x64-windows-rel/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

and the logs for the other error

CMake Error at scripts/cmake/vcpkg_execute_required_process.cmake:128 (message):
    Command failed: ninja -v
    Working Directory: C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/base/buildtrees/libspatialindex/x64-windows-rel/vcpkg-parallel-configure
    Error code: 1
    See logs for more information:
      C:\Users\KianLeggett\Documents\QField\vcpkg\base\buildtrees\libspatialindex\config-x64-windows-out.log

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_cmake.cmake:345 (vcpkg_execute_required_process)
  ports/libspatialindex/portfile.cmake:11 (vcpkg_configure_cmake)
  scripts/ports.cmake:145 (include)


Error: Building package libspatialindex:x64-windows failed with: BUILD_FAILED
Please ensure you're using the latest portfiles with `git pull` and `.\vcpkg update`.
Then check for known issues at:
  https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+in%3Atitle+libspatialindex
You can submit a new issue at:
  https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/new?template=report-package-build-failure.md&title=[libspatialindex]+Build+error
including:
  package: libspatialindex[core]:x64-windows -> 1.9.3
    vcpkg-tool version: 2022-03-25-d9702d9d89b9468c32efc3f18fb84c3021d7dbae
    vcpkg-scripts version: 5d3e0e8a2 2022-03-30 (4 months ago)

These are copies of the errors I'm facing within Qt creator, do I bother fixing them in Visual studio or Qt?

[cristian-adam]

Visual Studio is somehow missing the C and C++ compilers. You need to make sure you have a valid Visual Studio setup for developing C and C++ applications.

[kl11]

@cristian-adam Hey there, So ive had a look in the VS installer tool and I do have both c and c++ compilers. I also checked the Qt maintenence tool and I found ninja is already installed.

[cristian-adam]

Qt Creator has a "Hello World" vcpkg CMake project at https://github.com/qt-creator/qt-creator/tree/master/tests/manual/vcpkg

You should be able to open the project in Qt Creator and build it like this:

[kl11]

So I managed to get around the issue

This is how I solved it:

1. Uninstall Visual Studio + packages, Qt and everything related to it. Even like the SDK, NDK + JDK
2. Run a clean with CCleaner
3. Restart machine
4. Re install Qt + Visual studio and appropriate packages
5. clone vcpkg repository
6. follow build instructions in there and create an executable

However I have encountered a different error which I will post in another forum entry