Build Error on Windows when using yara crate

[EsharkySignalZero]

While using the yara crate in a rust program on windows and only testing the example code used in the repo im getting the following error while building. Can someone pls guide me about the proper build process in Windows for this crate

error: failed to run custom build command for `yara-sys v0.20.0`

Caused by:
  process didn't exit successfully: `C:\Users\randh\Rust-Scanner\target\debug\build\yara-sys-15d8fae16b2c3f3e\build-script-build` (exit code: 101)
  --- stdout
  cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=yara
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=YARA_LIBRARY_PATH
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=YARA_LIBRARY_PATH_x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=YARA_LIBRARY_PATH_x86_64_pc_windows_msvc

  --- stderr
  wrapper.h:1:10: fatal error: 'yara.h' file not found
  thread 'main' panicked at 'Unable to generate bindings: ClangDiagnostic("wrapper.h:1:10: fatal error: 'yara.h' file not found\n")', C:\Users\randh\.cargo\registry\src\index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f\yara-sys-0.20.0\build.rs:427:43
  note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrac

[ikrivosheev]

@EsharkySignalZero hello! Can you show your Cargo.toml file?

[Benji377]

Hello @ikrivosheev, I am having the exact same issue. Here is my Cargo.toml file:

[package]
name = "experimenting"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"

# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html

[dependencies]
yara = "0.20.0"

[Hugal31]

Hello,

The steps to build this on Windows and make it link correctly with Yara are written in yara-sys README.

In a nutshell, there is two possible use cases:

• You already have Yara compiled and installed on your system, in which case you must specify the yara include dir and link path using env variables.
• You don't have Yara installed and you can use the vendored feature.

Which workflow did you tried?

[Benji377]

Oh my mistake, I forgot to add the vendored feature as you can see in the Cargo.toml file I shared. Thank you very much!