CGAL - building INSTALL .sln faild

nour.m

I have a problem while compiling CGAL I followed the steps here : http://www.cse.msu.edu/~ytong/CGAL_installation.ppt I'm using VS2013 , cgal 4.9.1 , BOOST 1.59.0 ,Qt5.7.1

but when I reach at building INSTALL .sln step it show the following error:

Error	1	error MSB3073: The command "setlocal
"C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -DBUILD_TYPE=Debug -P cmake_install.cmake
if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :cmEnd
:cmEnd
endlocal & call :cmErrorLevel %errorlevel% & goto :cmDone
:cmErrorLevel
exit /b %1
:cmDone
if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :VCEnd
:VCEnd" exited with code 1.	C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets	132	5	INSTALL

output message :

CMake Error at src/CGAL/cmake_install.cmake:44 (file):
1>    file INSTALL cannot find
1>    "C:/dev/CGAL-4.9.1/build/bin/Debug/CGAL-vc120-mt-gd-4.9.1.dll".
1>  Call Stack (most recent call first):
1>    src/cmake_install.cmake:32 (include)
1>    cmake_install.cmake:91 (include)
1>  
1>  
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: The command "setlocal
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -DBUILD_TYPE=Debug -P cmake_install.cmake
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :cmEnd
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: :cmEnd
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: endlocal & call :cmErrorLevel %errorlevel% & goto :cmDone
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: :cmErrorLevel
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: exit /b %1
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: :cmDone
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto :VCEnd
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(132,5): error MSB3073: :VCEnd" exited with code 1.
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

any help please?

mrjj

Hi
Not really a Qt question but i do wonder if
Debug/CGAL-vc120-mt-gd-4.9.1.dll <<< do u have that file in debug folder ?

So it simply fails to copy to "install" location.

ambershark

@nour.m said in CGAL - building INSTALL .sln faild:

Definitely not a Qt question, but ...

1> CMake Error at cmake_install.cmake:39 (file):
1> file INSTALL cannot set permissions on "C:/Program Files
1> (x86)/CGAL/share/doc/CGAL-4.9.1/AUTHORS"

The above looks to be the actual error that is causing cmake install to fail. Are you running as admin? Running an install to Program Files without admin will not work on a default configured windows system. You would have to specifically override that and it isn't easy to do that.

It looks like a simple permissions error. Run that step in an elevated cmd or powershell and it should work.

nour.m

@mrjj
thanks for reply ,
CGAL-vc120-mt-gd-4.9.1.dll file doesn't exist in debug folder

nour.m

@ambershark
I ran VS as administrator , it solves a part of problem
now , file INSTALL cannot find CGAL-vc120-mt-gd-4.9.1.dll

mrjj

@nour.m
But did it build it?
Is it in some folder ?

nour.m

@mrjj no, I cannot find that file any where
I build All_build solution but INSTALL solution building which the error is found

mrjj

@nour.m
That is odd as it dont sound like an compiling error
and normally the last step.
there is no other errors during build?

VRonin

With all due respect for you university, those slides look to be ancient. Try following the guide from the library author instead

Since you are on windows, you'll need to replace:

make with cmake --build .
make install with cmake --build . --target install
make demos with cmake --build . --target demos
make examples with cmake --build . --target examples

P.S.

I'm using [...] cgal 4.9.1 , BOOST 1.59.0 ,Qt5.7.1

They are 1, 3 and 2 years old respectively. You can try and use the current versions of those 3 tools

ambershark

@VRonin said in CGAL - building INSTALL .sln faild:

With all due respect for you university, those slides look to be ancient.

@nour-m Yea it just looks really out of date. The install target may just be broken for that application. A lot of developers tend to forget to check and update their install target since they don't use it. If it's looking for a file that wasn't built then it's a problem in the script imo. It could just be a bad IF() in the cmake where it should have excluded that from your build or it could be a legacy item that isn't built any more, etc.

You can always modify the install target and ignore that piece if you're sure you don't need it. Which sounds like you don't since it wasn't even built. :)