No CMake configuration found - Windows

kl11

So I'm trying to build the QField source code. I am on windows 11 using Qt creator. When I clone the specific branch of the repository I am trying to build I am given four errors that dont make any sense.

I installed QT6, QT5, CMake and Ninja when installing the creator. I even wiped my install, cleaned all the files from my pc and then performed a clean install but I still have the same errors.

When I go into Edit>Preference>Kits>CMake Qt automatically detected CMake and has a filepath stored

Then checking the VCPKG install log I get this information

Waiting to take filesystem lock on C:\Users\KianLeggett\Documents\QField\vcpkg\base\.vcpkg-root...
Detecting compiler hash for triplet x64-windows...
The following packages will be built and installed:
  * anyrpc[core]:x64-windows -> 2020-01-13#2 -- C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/overlay\anyrpc
  * atlmfc[core]:x64-windows -> 0#1
  * curl[core,non-http,schannel,ssl,sspi]:x64-windows -> 7.82.0
  * exiv2[core,xmp]:x64-windows -> 0.27.5#1
  * expat[core]:x64-windows -> 2.4.1
  * freexl[core]:x64-windows -> 1.0.6
  * gdal[core,hdf5,libspatialite,netcdf,postgresql,supported-default-features]:x64-windows -> 3.4.2
  * geos[core]:x64-windows -> 3.10.0
  * gsl[core]:x64-windows -> 2.7.1
  * hdf5[core,szip,zlib]:x64-windows -> 1.12.1#4
  * libgeotiff[core]:x64-windows -> 1.7.1
  * libiconv[core]:x64-windows -> 1.16#12
  * libpq[core,lz4,openssl,zlib]:x64-windows -> 14.1
  * libspatialindex[core]:x64-windows -> 1.9.3
  * libspatialite[core,freexl,geocallbacks]:x64-windows -> 5.0.1#5 -- C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/overlay\libspatialite
  * libxml2[core]:x64-windows -> 2.9.12#5
  * libzip[bzip2,core,default-aes,wincrypto]:x64-windows -> 1.8.0
  * lz4[core]:x64-windows -> 1.9.3#3
  * netcdf-c[core,dap,hdf5,nczarr,netcdf-4,platform-default-features]:x64-windows -> 4.8.1#2
  * nlohmann-json[core]:x64-windows -> 3.10.5#2
  * openjpeg[core]:x64-windows -> 2.4.0
  * proj[core,net,tiff]:x64-windows -> 9.0.0
  * protobuf[core]:x64-windows -> 3.19.4
  * qca[core]:x64-windows -> 2.3.4 -- C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/overlay\qca
    qgis[core]:x64-windows -> 3.18.0 -- C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/overlay\qgis
    qt5-charts[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
    qt5-connectivity[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
  * qt5-graphicaleffects[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
    qt5-location[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
    qt5-multimedia[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
  * qt5-quickcontrols[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
    qt5-quickcontrols2[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
    qt5-sensors[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
  * qt5-serialport[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
    qt5-webview[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
  * qt5-winextras[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3#1
    sentry-native[core]:x64-windows -> 0.4.15
    spix[core]:x64-windows -> 0.3
  * szip[core]:x64-windows -> 2.1.1#7 -- C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/overlay\szip
Additional packages (*) will be modified to complete this operation.
Restored 0 packages from C:\Users\KianLeggett\AppData\Local\vcpkg\archives in 1.168 ms. Use --debug to see more details.
Starting package 1/39: atlmfc:x64-windows
Building package atlmfc[core]:x64-windows...
-- [OVERLAY] Loading triplet configuration from: C:\Users\KianLeggett\Documents\QField\vcpkg\triplets\x64-windows.cmake
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)


Error: Building package atlmfc: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+atlmfc
You can submit a new issue at:
  https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/new?template=report-package-build-failure.md&title=[atlmfc]+Build+error
including:
  package: atlmfc[core]:x64-windows -> 0#1
    vcpkg-tool version: 2022-03-25-d9702d9d89b9468c32efc3f18fb84c3021d7dbae
    vcpkg-scripts version: 5d3e0e8a2 2022-03-30 (4 months ago)

Additionally, attach any relevant sections from the log files above.
Waiting to take filesystem lock on C:\Users\KianLeggett\Documents\QField\vcpkg\base\.vcpkg-root...
Detecting compiler hash for triplet x64-windows...
The following packages will be built and installed:
  * anyrpc[core]:x64-windows -> 2020-01-13#2 -- C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/overlay\anyrpc
  * atlmfc[core]:x64-windows -> 0#1
  * curl[core,non-http,schannel,ssl,sspi]:x64-windows -> 7.82.0
  * exiv2[core,xmp]:x64-windows -> 0.27.5#1
  * expat[core]:x64-windows -> 2.4.1
  * freexl[core]:x64-windows -> 1.0.6
  * gdal[core,hdf5,libspatialite,netcdf,postgresql,supported-default-features]:x64-windows -> 3.4.2
  * geos[core]:x64-windows -> 3.10.0
  * gsl[core]:x64-windows -> 2.7.1
  * hdf5[core,szip,zlib]:x64-windows -> 1.12.1#4
  * libgeotiff[core]:x64-windows -> 1.7.1
  * libiconv[core]:x64-windows -> 1.16#12
  * libpq[core,lz4,openssl,zlib]:x64-windows -> 14.1
  * libspatialindex[core]:x64-windows -> 1.9.3
  * libspatialite[core,freexl,geocallbacks]:x64-windows -> 5.0.1#5 -- C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/overlay\libspatialite
  * libxml2[core]:x64-windows -> 2.9.12#5
  * libzip[bzip2,core,default-aes,wincrypto]:x64-windows -> 1.8.0
  * lz4[core]:x64-windows -> 1.9.3#3
  * netcdf-c[core,dap,hdf5,nczarr,netcdf-4,platform-default-features]:x64-windows -> 4.8.1#2
  * nlohmann-json[core]:x64-windows -> 3.10.5#2
  * openjpeg[core]:x64-windows -> 2.4.0
  * proj[core,net,tiff]:x64-windows -> 9.0.0
  * protobuf[core]:x64-windows -> 3.19.4
  * qca[core]:x64-windows -> 2.3.4 -- C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/overlay\qca
    qgis[core]:x64-windows -> 3.18.0 -- C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/overlay\qgis
    qt5-charts[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
    qt5-connectivity[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
  * qt5-graphicaleffects[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
    qt5-location[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
    qt5-multimedia[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
  * qt5-quickcontrols[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
    qt5-quickcontrols2[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
    qt5-sensors[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
  * qt5-serialport[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
    qt5-webview[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3
  * qt5-winextras[core]:x64-windows -> 5.15.3#1
    sentry-native[core]:x64-windows -> 0.4.15
    spix[core]:x64-windows -> 0.3
  * szip[core]:x64-windows -> 2.1.1#7 -- C:/Users/KianLeggett/Documents/QField/vcpkg/overlay\szip
Additional packages (*) will be modified to complete this operation.
Restored 0 packages from C:\Users\KianLeggett\AppData\Local\vcpkg\archives in 1.168 ms. Use --debug to see more details.
Starting package 1/39: atlmfc:x64-windows
Building package atlmfc[core]:x64-windows...
-- [OVERLAY] Loading triplet configuration from: C:\Users\KianLeggett\Documents\QField\vcpkg\triplets\x64-windows.cmake
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)


Error: Building package atlmfc: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+atlmfc
You can submit a new issue at:
  https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/new?template=report-package-build-failure.md&title=[atlmfc]+Build+error
including:
  package: atlmfc[core]:x64-windows -> 0#1
    vcpkg-tool version: 2022-03-25-d9702d9d89b9468c32efc3f18fb84c3021d7dbae
    vcpkg-scripts version: 5d3e0e8a2 2022-03-30 (4 months ago)

Additionally, attach any relevant sections from the log files above.

However I'm using the latest version of VCPKG on my machine. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I need to build this app as quick as possible.

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):

Press 🪟 key, then type "Visual Studio Installer"
Select your Visual Studio 2019 installation and click on "Modify" button.
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
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:

No ninja binary, you need to have ninja-build installed. Either from Qt SDK or github.
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:

alt text

kl11

So I managed to get around the issue

This is how I solved it:

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

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