Say you have both VS2008 and VS 6 installed on your computer,
and you wish to write an make file that will compile some C++ code using
the VS 6.0 compiler. How can you do that? What is the way to control the selection
of the compiler outside the make file?
Thanks
I am not sure that VS 6.0 had VCVARS32.BAT but if there is VCVARS32.BAT then you need to set your environment using VCVARS32.BAT. See Building from the Command Line, "Running VCVARS32.BAT".
If you need VS 2008 than you run VCVARS32.BAT from VS 2008.
If you need VS 6.0 than you run VCVARS32.BAT from VS 6.0.
Again, I am not sure that VS 6.0 had VCVARS32.BAT so check it.
For example building Hello, World program might look like:
"D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat" && cl hello_world.cpp
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I just want to change the exe file Visual Studio compilation path change
I am doing it like this now. i created a bat file that copied file. I have added visual studio build events. I wonder if there is an easier way.
meanwhile the exe file is being copied to the network drive
I had this problem in a different context (Elixir/Phoenix, Rust), but the root cause was the same: cl.exe could not be found during compilation.
My setup was:
Windows 10, x64
Visual Studio Community 2017 already installed, but only for C# development
For some reason the solution with installing the Visual C++ Build Tools (as #cozzamara suggested) did not work. Stops during installation with some obscure error message. Guess it did not liked my existing Visual Studio installation.
This is how I solved it:
Start up the Visual Studio Installer
Check the Desktop development with C++ (screenshots here)
Execute following command before compiling:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat
From this on the command cl.exe works. Alternatively (and more conveniently for development) start the application 'Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017' or 'x64 Native Tools Command Prompt VS 2017'.
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I solved the problem by writing code like this in the Post build field, I just ensured that the exe was copied to the field I wanted
COPY $(TargetPath) "\x.x.x.x\ortak\yakup\TestApp.exe"
pause
$(TargetPath) = It gives the location where the exe exited, along with the exe name
"C:\yakup\project\TestApp.exe" like
My adventure in the world of QT and multi-platform continue, with another roadblock.
I am on Windows 10 now; I did install QT5 and I was able to run one of the examples, so I thought everything is fine. Instead, when trying to build PythonQt, I get an error from qmake:
Project ERROR: Cannot run compiler 'cl'. Maybe you forgot to setup the environment?
I thought myself; that there is something missing; although had no luck finding what the heck do I have to actually do to set up qmake. I did assume that when you install QT, everything get set up for you, but instead it seems that something is missing.
I am on W10, using the latest installer for Python 2.7 (it is working, since when I call python I get correctly the interpreter to launch); am I missing something else?
I had this same issue with Qt5.9.1 and VS2015. I fixed this by editing "C:\Qt\Qt5.9.1\5.9.1\msvc2015\bin\qtenv2.bat" file. I added below 2 lines.
call "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
Start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"
And then run the "Qt 5.9.1 32-bit for Desktop (MSVC 2015)" ( or 64 bit depends on your choice.).
This would set the environment before running the qmake.
Calling the vcvarsall.bat fixed my issue.
Adding to #PrimeOfKnights 's answer for the sake of completeness:
with VS2017 community, the location of vcvarsall.bat is
/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Auxiliary/Build/vcvarsall.bat
In qtenv2.bat, it actually says:
echo Remember to call vcvarsall.bat to complete environment setup!
I've just begun a small project in CUDA.
I need to know the following:
Is it possible to compile CUDA code without using/buying Microsoft Visual Studio?
Using Nvcc.exe I get the error "Cannot find compiler cl.exe in path".
I've tried to install a CUDA plugin for NetBeans, but it doesn't work. (with current version of NetBeans)
Platform: Windows 7
Thanks in advance.
Update
As noted in the comments, versions of the SDK after Windows 7's do not include the build tools. If you want to use Microsoft's most recent tools you have to install Visual Studio. Once installed, you can use the tools from the command-line.
At the moment the free versions are the "Community" versions, e.g. Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015.
You can continue to develop apps for Windows 7 and earlier (and they will run on later versions of Windows) using the old SDK tools as I described before:
Original Answer
If you desperately want to avoid Visual Studio, download and install the Windows SDK. This contains (more or less) the same build tools as Visual Studio.
Then run the Windows SDK Command Prompt (which you'll find on the start menu under Microsoft Windows SDK) to set the path to point to the tools, and you are set.
Or just use Visual C++ Express.
Following the previous comments I've installed Studio Express & VS2010.
This did not solve the "cl.exe not in path" problem.
I solved the problem with the error Cannot find compiler cl.exe in path, by including
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\amd64 in PATH,
before installing Windows SDK.
This question also contains valuable information.
For some reason VS2010 & Studio Express failed to set the proper variables in path even after the execution of vsvars32.bat.
Thank you all for your valuable help.
add this options to nvcc
nvcc x.cu <other options> -ccbin "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin"
i use VS2012 and my cl.exe dir is here.
You have to figure out where NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit is installed.
In my system it's in "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v4.0\bin\nvcc.exe" Then
"Edit Environment Variables" on Windows.
Click on New...
Variable name: NVCC
Variable Value: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v4.0\bin\nvcc.exe
Click on OK.
Use windows subsystem for linux and install ubuntu and nvcc along with gcc and g++ using the ubuntu terminal in windows (gui does not works for linux subsystem for windows). Then configure .bashrc using bash and vim/nano with a 'cd' command to your desired location as it is done in usual linux terminal (makes it easy as bash opens in system32 folder everytime). And then you can compile .cu files using nvcc over bash. As nvcc supports gcc and g++ under linux so it solves the problem. No need to sacrifice peace for switching over to linux or dealing with crappy visual studio. It worked for me.
I added the bin directory of the VS2010 (not SP1) C++ compiler to my PATH variable on Windows XP. When i try to run it, it tells me that a DLL was not found.
I added this line to my PATH:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin;
Update: it still fails when I cd to the bin directory above, and then run the compiler
Can you help me out?
Run the VS command prompt shortcut or the batch file it points to, such as:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
to set up an appropriate environment including the path.
By the way, mspdb100.dll lives in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE. But run the shortcut/batch file anyway - it does more than set up the correct path.
add Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE to your Path variable, than close cmd prompt and open it. now it will work.
Running the VS command prompt takes care of setting up the environment. Also, ensure that you are running the command prompt as an admin.
Installing Visual Studio 2010 SP1 C++ Compiler Setup fixed this issue for me. Visual Studio 2010 SP1 C++ Compiler install
I faced the same issue when I tried to run a 32 bit exe I built, on a 64 bit machine.
"mspdb100.dll couldn't be found by cl.exe "
Visual Studio 2010(the version I currently use) builds a 32 bit exe by Default.To create a 64 bit executable, just change the setting from Win32 to x64 in the dropdown box at the top of VS and build.This will build for you a 64 bit executable and solve your problem.
I was given a C++ project that was compiled using MS Visual Studio .net 2003 C++ compiler, and a .mak file that was used to compile it. I am able to build it from the command line using nmake project.mak, but the compiler complains that afxres.h was not found. I did a little searching around and the afxres.h is in the Visual Studio directory in an includes file. Where am I supposed to specify to nmake where to look for this header file?
There should be an icon in your Start menu under Programs that opens a cmd.exe instance with all the correct MSVS environment variables set up for command line building.
Another option is running the appropriate vars batch file from a regular command prompt. The name and location varies from version to version. For VS2003, I believe it's
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat