Conan 2.x and CLion

[andreubernadserra]

Hi!

I'm having trouble trying to reproduce the Conan 2.x - CLion example produced here. I'm using a Windows machine with CLion 2023.2.1.

I'm getting the following error when trying to install the two required packages, upon reloading the CMake project.

======== Installing packages ========
ERROR: There are invalid packages:
libtool/2.4.7: Invalid: 'settings.compiler' value not defined
CMake Error at conan_provider.cmake:250 (message):
  Conan install failed='6'
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  conan_provider.cmake:317 (conan_install)
  CMakeLists.txt:6 (find_package)

Could it be that Conan is using the default profile instead of the one from the project? My suspicion is based on the following part of the CMake output. If so, how can I force CMake to use the host profile instead of the build one?

======== Input profiles ========
Profile host:
[settings]
arch=x86_64
build_type=Debug
compiler=gcc
compiler.cppstd=17
compiler.version=13
os=Windows
[conf]
tools.cmake.cmaketoolchain:generator=Ninja

Profile build:
[settings]
arch=x86_64
build_type=Release
os=Windows

Thanks in advance!

PS. The full output from CMake is the following:

"C:\Program Files\JetBrains\CLion 2023.2.1\bin\cmake\win\x64\bin\cmake.exe" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug "-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=C:/Program Files/JetBrains/CLion 2023.2.1/bin/ninja/win/x64/ninja.exe" -DCMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES=C:\Users\USERNAME\CLionProjects\conan-test\conan_provider.cmake -G Ninja -S C:\Users\USERNAME\CLionProjects\conan-test -B C:\Users\USERNAME\CLionProjects\conan-test\cmake-build-debug
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 13.1.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 13.1.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files/JetBrains/CLion 2023.2.1/bin/mingw/bin/gcc.exe - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files/JetBrains/CLion 2023.2.1/bin/mingw/bin/g++.exe - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- CMake-Conan: first find_package() found. Installing dependencies with Conan
-- CMake-Conan: Checking if a default profile exists
C:\Users\USERNAME\.conan2\profiles\default
-- CMake-Conan: cmake_system_name=Windows
-- CMake-Conan: cmake_system_processor=x86_64
-- CMake-Conan: CMake compiler=GNU
-- CMake-Conan: CMake compiler version=13.1.0
-- CMake-Conan: [settings] compiler=gcc
-- CMake-Conan: [settings] compiler.version=13
-- CMake-Conan: Creating profile C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/conan-test/cmake-build-debug/conan_host_profile
-- CMake-Conan: Profile: 
include(default)
[settings]
arch=x86_64
os=Windows
compiler=gcc
compiler.version=13
compiler.cppstd=17
build_type=Debug
[conf]
tools.cmake.cmaketoolchain:generator=Ninja

-- CMake-Conan: Installing single configuration Debug
-- CMake-Conan: conan install C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/conan-test -of=C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/conan-test/cmake-build-debug/conan -pr;C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/conan-test/cmake-build-debug/conan_host_profile;--build=missing;-g;CMakeDeps

======== Input profiles ========
Profile host:
[settings]
arch=x86_64
build_type=Debug
compiler=gcc
compiler.cppstd=17
compiler.version=13
os=Windows
[conf]
tools.cmake.cmaketoolchain:generator=Ninja

Profile build:
[settings]
arch=x86_64
build_type=Release
os=Windows

======== Computing dependency graph ========
Graph root
    conanfile.py: C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/conan-test\conanfile.py
Requirements
    libcurl/8.2.1#8f62ba7135f5445e5fe6c4bd85143b53 - Cache
    openssl/3.1.2#ef79f25fe0968d69538feca6a6b3bc7f - Cache
    stb/cci.20220909#1c47474f095ef8cd9e4959558525b827 - Cache
    zlib/1.2.13#e377bee636333ae348d51ca90874e353 - Cache
Build requirements
    autoconf/2.71#ce232afdcd21d1269419c355375731e6 - Cache
    automake/1.16.5#058bda3e21c36c9aa8425daf3c1faf50 - Cache
    gnu-config/cci.20210814#15c3bf7dfdb743977b84d0321534ad90 - Cache
    libtool/2.4.7#d55a3c2435c19e830fa77aa5c6c19350 - Cache
    m4/1.4.19#c1c4b1ee919e34630bb9b50046253d3c - Cache
    meson/1.0.0#15586c0ac6f682805875ef903dbe7ee2 - Cache
    msys2/cci.latest#567331f1604f3c584f04feade960f06e - Cache
    nasm/2.15.05#ca1c14c2060af0ec151048b54ced9262 - Cache
    ninja/1.11.1#77587f8c8318662ac8e5a7867eb4be21 - Cache
    pkgconf/1.9.3#5da3944c3226f5764374e4b8b4e1d055 - Cache
    strawberryperl/5.32.1.1#8f83d05a60363a422f9033e52d106b47 - Cache
Resolved version ranges
    openssl/[>=1.1 <4]: openssl/3.1.2

======== Computing necessary packages ========
Requirements
    libcurl/8.2.1#8f62ba7135f5445e5fe6c4bd85143b53:d42fb32943d83549e1d07e9e25f61449fbbd4e93 - Build
    openssl/3.1.2#ef79f25fe0968d69538feca6a6b3bc7f:2799bd3a510a9427d114f466c75d5e79345ea39a - Build
    stb/cci.20220909#1c47474f095ef8cd9e4959558525b827:da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709#cab2e5cf0f4391f87945a304034a4e5d - Download (conancenter)
    zlib/1.2.13#e377bee636333ae348d51ca90874e353:f60e50a74ab05a616895712be87aa8c9377863ad - Build
Build requirements
    autoconf/2.71#ce232afdcd21d1269419c355375731e6:da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709#f23fbd87879937e4deeda004f0c87d46 - Download (conancenter)
    automake/1.16.5#058bda3e21c36c9aa8425daf3c1faf50:ebec3dc6d7f6b907b3ada0c3d3cdc83613a2b715#07094da42a0b39fd4b34760c5f1f3e7d - Download (conancenter)
    libtool/2.4.7#d55a3c2435c19e830fa77aa5c6c19350:bcc931be595773e81271f8be3ca987adef1a37fc - Invalid
    m4/1.4.19#c1c4b1ee919e34630bb9b50046253d3c:723257509aee8a72faf021920c2874abc738e029#0b5e50355c3e4e4e9e3434f96167ed09 - Download (conancenter)
    msys2/cci.latest#567331f1604f3c584f04feade960f06e:956a88975bda9dfcc485e2861d71e74bd7e2b9a5#ce3addef73068ed1ad9ca9976b2d50c1 - Download (conancenter)
    nasm/2.15.05#ca1c14c2060af0ec151048b54ced9262:723257509aee8a72faf021920c2874abc738e029#88d82c8b5a0298a070ca691f347e6c05 - Download (conancenter)
    pkgconf/1.9.3#5da3944c3226f5764374e4b8b4e1d055:43771b8671ac44479c188dd72670e2eb2d7918a6#d099cffb928baadbda4a55828258c3f8 - Download (conancenter)
Skipped binaries
    gnu-config/cci.20210814, meson/1.0.0, ninja/1.11.1, strawberryperl/5.32.1.1

======== Installing packages ========
ERROR: There are invalid packages:
libtool/2.4.7: Invalid: 'settings.compiler' value not defined
CMake Error at conan_provider.cmake:250 (message):
  Conan install failed='6'
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  conan_provider.cmake:317 (conan_install)
  CMakeLists.txt:6 (find_package)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

[Finished]

[memsharded]

Hi @andreubernadserra

Thanks for your feedback

Yes, it seems the lack of compiler in profile "build" is the root cause. There are missing binaries for your configuration (ConanCenter does not build gcc binaries in Windows), and when trying to build the tool_requires applying the "build" profile, it didn't define enough inputs.

Some clarifications:

• When did you create your default profile? Was it Conan? Maybe you created or cmake-conan auto-detected it when you hadn't installed any compiler?
• What settings do you want to use for your build tools? You want to compile them with gcc too? Why not using Visual Studio (msvc compiler setting), so maybe you can find binaries in ConanCenter?

I'd try:

• Remove your default profile from the cache, and see if cmake-conan detect a new one with a new compiler
• Or, just copy the same settings that you see on the screen

Finally, it is very possible that for building with gcc in Windows some extra configuration is needed, that is not detected or configured yet by cmake-conan integration. If that is the case, we will move this ticket to the cmake-conan repo.

[andreubernadserra]

Hi @memsharded , thanks for your prompt reply!

I did create my own default profile with a separate command window, independently from CLion. Additionally, I was using the bundled toolkit from the IDE (gcc).

I managed to solve my issue, as suggested, by:

1. Deleting the default profile.
2. Changing the toolchain of the IDE to MSVS.

This allowed me to use conan as a package manager seamlessly with CLion.

Unfortunately, the original code did not run on Windows. The response_string returned by function download_image seems to be empty. I've tried another project with different dependencies and this worked fine.

Thanks once again! A

[memsharded]

This allowed me to use conan as a package manager seamlessly with CLion.

Great, happy that you made it work

Unfortunately, the original code did not run on Windows. The response_string returned by function download_image seems to be empty. I've tried another project with different dependencies and this worked fine.

Thanks for the feedback, this is worth checking, it should run in Windows as well, even if it seems this issue would be responded and could be closed, let's investigate it.

Cheers!

[memsharded]

Just double checked, the example test code is running in CI in Windows too in: https://ci.conan.io/blue/organizations/jenkins/Examples2.0/detail/PR-111/6/pipeline, but using MSVC. It could be some side issue of using gcc.

[andreubernadserra]

Thanks once again for your support! I'll triple check by creating a new project and starting from scratch.

Have a nice day :)