Build problem on Windows: No known features for CXX compiler "MSVC"

[ifilipis]

When running cmake . -B build I get

CMake Error in CMakeLists.txt:
No known features for CXX compiler

"MSVC"

version 19.29.30136.0.

What features is it missing? Where do I look for that?

[jk4011]

Please look at #18

[ifilipis]

Please look at #18

It's a different one. I've found the solution for CUDA toolkit, too

[jk4011]

This might help. mitsuba-renderer/mitsuba2#103 (comment)

[ifilipis]

This might help. mitsuba-renderer/mitsuba2#103 (comment)

I have a different issue that this

[WXuanyang]

Got the same problem here, did you find a solution? I'm using MSVC 342 btw

[WXuanyang]

Got the same problem here, did you find a solution? I'm using MSVC 342 btw

Hummm I reinstalled vs2019 and it somehow works, I don't know why but maybe you can also have a try

[mhalber]

For whomever is encountering this problem:
Make sure you run a cmake in command line environment in which cl.exe can be found - if you have BuildTools installed, then Native Tools Command Prompt gives you this. Additionally, make sure to remove any previous cmake cache.

[ifilipis]

if you have BuildTools installed, then Native Tools Command Prompt gives you this. Additionally, make sure to remove any previous cmake cache.

Yes! This worked!

[Ricky-Millar]

Hey, still getting this same issue with a reinstall and trying Native Tools. not sure how to further troubleshoot.

[TheUniquePaulSmith]

Hey, still getting this same issue with a reinstall and trying Native Tools. not sure how to further troubleshoot.

Same here

[yuse94]

Hey, still getting this same issue with a reinstall and trying Native Tools. not sure how to further troubleshoot.

Same here

I right clicked inside the folder where I needed to run the compiler and clicked show more options, and selected the option to open with Visual Studio. A folder called .vs was created run the command line and it worked

[ciwolsey]

For anyone who still has issues after getting cl.exe into your path etc - make sure you remove the "build" directory before running cmake again.

[koktavy]

@ciwolsey What should the cl.exe path entry look like? What is the location of the "build" folder, should it have been created inside the "instant-ngp" repo folder?

[erich666]

What should the cl.exe path entry look like? What is the location of the "build" folder, should it have been created inside the "instant-ngp" repo folder?

In case it's a help, I had the same error, evidently because Cmake tried to run Visual Studio 2022's compiler by default. I removed the "build" directory in GitHub\instant-ngp (which gets rid of the cached compiler settings), then did this in the Developer Command Prompt (for VS 2022, which might have been the wrong one to use...):

cmake . -B build -G "Visual Studio 16 2019"

followed by the usual:

cmake --build build --config RelWithDebInfo -j 16

This worked for me.

Also, you'll find the Developer Command Prompt executable in "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Visual Studio 2019\Visual Studio Tools" (or 2022).

[wowo0709]

What should the cl.exe path entry look like? What is the location of the "build" folder, should it have been created inside the "instant-ngp" repo folder?

In case it's a help, I had the same error, evidently because Cmake tried to run Visual Studio 2022's compiler by default. I removed the "build" directory in GitHub\instant-ngp (which gets rid of the cached compiler settings), then did this in the Developer Command Prompt (for VS 2022, which might have been the wrong one to use...):

cmake . -B build -G "Visual Studio 16 2019"

followed by the usual:

cmake --build build --config RelWithDebInfo -j 16

This worked for me.

Also, you'll find the Developer Command Prompt executable in "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Visual Studio 2019\Visual Studio Tools" (or 2022).

This worked for me! Thanks!

[Aimarl0]

What should the cl.exe path entry look like? What is the location of the "build" folder, should it have been created inside the "instant-ngp" repo folder?

In case it's a help, I had the same error, evidently because Cmake tried to run Visual Studio 2022's compiler by default. I removed the "build" directory in GitHub\instant-ngp (which gets rid of the cached compiler settings), then did this in the Developer Command Prompt (for VS 2022, which might have been the wrong one to use...):

cmake . -B build -G "Visual Studio 16 2019"

followed by the usual:

cmake --build build --config RelWithDebInfo -j 16

This worked for me.

Also, you'll find the Developer Command Prompt executable in "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Visual Studio 2019\Visual Studio Tools" (or 2022).

worked for me! Thanks!

[DmitriGoloubentsev]

I had same error message, but none of the above helped me.
I used shared folder between linux and windows guest to store source tree. After I moved source to C:\ the problem went away. huh.