Unable to build codelite on windows

[marcie1000]

Hello, I'm trying to build codelite from sources on windows 10 64bits, following the instructions in documentation. The command cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G"MinGW Makefiles" -DWXWIN=$HOME/root" gives a lot of warnings include() given empty file name (ignored) and several errors such as CMake Error at codelite_make/CMakeLists.txt:5 (include): include called with wrong number of arguments. include() only takes one file.. I'm a beginner in using CMake so I don't really know if this is a bug or if I made something wrong during the process.

Command output:

``` cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G"MinGW Makefiles" -DWXWIN=$HOME/root -- The C compiler identification is Clang 15.0.7 -- The CXX compiler identification is Clang 15.0.7 -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- Check for working C compiler: C:/msys64/clang64/bin/cc.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:/msys64/clang64/bin/c++.exe - skipped -- Detecting CXX compile features -- Detecting CXX compile features - done -- CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is set to C:/Programmation/git-clones/codelite/build-release/ install -- Found SQLite3: C:/msys64/clang64/include (found version "3.40.1") -- BUILD_DIRECTORY is set to C:/Programmation/git-clones/codelite/build-release -- OS name WIN -- CL_INSTALL_BIN is set to C:/Programmation/git-clones/codelite/build-release/instal l -- PLUGINS_DIR is set to C:/Programmation/git-clones/codelite/build-release/install/p lugins -- LIBSSH_LIB is set to C:/msys64/clang64/lib/libssh.dll.a -- WXWIN is set to C:/msys64/home/Mélodie/root -- WXCFG is set to clang_x64_dll/mswu -- wxWidgets_USE_FILE is set to: -- PLUGINS_DIR is set to C:/Programmation/git-clones/codelite/build-release/install/p lugins -- Using custom Notebook -- Building in Release mode -- CMAKE_INSTALL_DO_STRIP is TRUE -- Executables will be written into C:/Programmation/git-clones/codelite/build-releas e/bin -- Shared Objects will be written into C:/Programmation/git-clones/codelite/build-rel ease/lib -- Adding -DNDEBUG to definitions -- OS_CODENAME is set to unknown -- ARCH 64 -- ARCH_NAME x86_64 -- USE_SFTP is set to 1 CMake Warning (dev) at sdk/wxsqlite3/CMakeLists.txt:7 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at sdk/wxshapeframework/CMakeLists.txt:7 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at sdk/databaselayer/CMakeLists.txt:7 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at CodeLite/CMakeLists.txt:5 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at Plugin/CMakeLists.txt:7 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at PCH/CMakeLists.txt:5 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. -- CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR=C:/Programmation/git-clones/codelite/wx-config-msys2/src -- INSTALL_PATH => C:/Programmation/git-clones/codelite/build-release/install/bin CMake Warning (dev) at abbreviation/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at Gizmos/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at Debugger/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at UnitTestCPP/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at QmakePlugin/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at cppchecker/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at wxformbuilder/CMakeLists.txt:13 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at CMakePlugin/CMakeLists.txt:16 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at cscope/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at EOSWiki/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at ContinuousBuild/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at AutoSave/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at CodeLiteDiff/CMakeLists.txt:12 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at git/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at Outline/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at CodeFormatter/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at Copyright/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at DatabaseExplorer/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at ExternalTools/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at SnipWiz/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at Subversion2/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at ZoomNavigator/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. -- Found libhunspell: C:/msys64/clang64/lib/libhunspell.dll.a, C:/msys64/clang64/incl ude/hunspell CMake Warning (dev) at SpellChecker/CMakeLists.txt:46 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at Tail/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at EditorConfigPlugin/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at PHPLint/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at PHPRefactoring/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at codelite_vim/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at Docker/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at LanguageServer/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at Rust/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at SFTP/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at Remoty/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. -- WXWIN is set to C:/msys64/home/Mélodie/root -- WXCFG is set to clang_x64_dll/mswu -- wxWidgets_USE_FILE is set to: CMake Warning (dev) at wxdap/dap/CMakeLists.txt:30 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at DebugAdapterClient/CMakeLists.txt:9 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at codelitephp/CMakeLists.txt:13 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. -- CL_SRC_ROOT is set to C:/Programmation/git-clones/codelite CMake Warning (dev) at WordCompletion/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at HelpPlugin/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at WebTools/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at SmartCompletion/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at CallGraph/CMakeLists.txt:10 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. -- Building wxCrafter as codelite plugin -- Generating makefile for wxCrafter CMake Warning (dev) at wxcrafter/CMakeLists.txt:29 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. -- wxCrafter - Done CMake Error at codelite_make/CMakeLists.txt:5 (include): include called with wrong number of arguments. include() only takes one file. CMake Error at codelite_terminal/CMakeLists.txt:14 (include): include called with wrong number of arguments. include() only takes one file. CMake Error at TestDir/CMakeLists.txt:2 (include): include called with wrong number of arguments. include() only takes one file. CMake Error at codelite-generate-themes/CMakeLists.txt:5 (include): include called with wrong number of arguments. include() only takes one file. CMake Warning (dev) at ctagsd/CMakeLists.txt:17 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. CMake Warning (dev) at LiteEditor/CMakeLists.txt:7 (include): include() given empty file name (ignored). This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. -- Generating post_install.cmake script -- Including plugin.cmake module -- CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR is set to C:/Programmation/git-clones/codelite -- InnoSetup compiler is set to: C:/Program Files (x86)/Inno Setup 6/ISCC.exe -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! See also "C:/Programmation/git-clones/codelite/build-release/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.l og". ```

[Jarod42]

There is now a github action https://github.com/eranif/codelite/blob/master/.github/workflows/msys2.yml which follows these instructions (and does work).

WXWIN is set to C:/msys64/home/Mélodie/root

Can you try path without non-ascii characters (no accents). I suspect that wxWidgets is not found because of that :-/ leading to errors you encounter.

[noeldiviney]

I am still unable to build Codelite from sources on Windows 10 22h2 19045.4717 see build output below. Any suggestions, Noel Diviney.

$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G"MinGW Makefiles" -DWXWIN="$HOME/root" -Wno-dev
-- The C compiler identification is Clang 18.1.8
-- The CXX compiler identification is Clang 18.1.8
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/msys64/clang64/bin/cc.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:/msys64/clang64/bin/c++.exe - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is set to C:/msys64/home/esdev/esdevsw/codelite/build-release/install
-- Found SQLite3: C:/msys64/mingw64/include (found version "3.46.0")
-- Found BISON: C:/msys64/usr/bin/bison.exe (found version "3.8.2")
-- Found FLEX: C:/msys64/usr/bin/flex.exe (found version "2.6.4")
-- BUILD_DIRECTORY is set to C:/msys64/home/esdev/esdevsw/codelite/build-release
-- OS name WIN
-- CL_INSTALL_BIN is set to C:/msys64/home/esdev/esdevsw/codelite/build-release/install
-- PLUGINS_DIR is set to C:/msys64/home/esdev/esdevsw/codelite/build-release/install/plugins
-- LIBSSH_LIB is set to C:/msys64/clang64/lib/libssh.dll.a
-- WXWIN is set to C:/msys64/home/esdev/root
-- WXCFG is set to clang_x64_dll/mswu
could not open configuration file: C:/msys64/home/esdev/root/lib/clang_x64_dll/mswu/build.cfg
-- wxWidgets_USE_FILE is set to:
-- PLUGINS_DIR is set to C:/msys64/home/esdev/esdevsw/codelite/build-release/install/plugins
-- Using custom Notebook
-- Building in Release mode
-- CMAKE_INSTALL_DO_STRIP is TRUE
-- Executables will be written into C:/msys64/home/esdev/esdevsw/codelite/build-release/bin
-- Shared Objects will be written into C:/msys64/home/esdev/esdevsw/codelite/build-release/lib
-- Adding -DNDEBUG to definitions
-- OS_CODENAME is set to unknown
-- ARCH 64
-- ARCH_NAME AMD64
-- USE_SFTP is set to 1
-- Found Git: C:/msys64/usr/bin/git.exe (found version "2.45.2")
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD - Failed
-- Check if compiler accepts -pthread
-- Check if compiler accepts -pthread - yes
-- Found Threads: TRUE
-- Found OpenMP_C: -fopenmp=libomp (found version "5.1")
-- Found OpenMP_CXX: -fopenmp=libomp (found version "5.1")
-- Found OpenMP: TRUE (found version "5.1")
-- OpenMP found
-- Using llamafile
-- Warning: ccache not found - consider installing it for faster compilation or disable this warning with GGML_CCACHE=OFF
-- CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR: AMD64
-- x86 detected
-- Looking for pthread_create in pthreads
-- Looking for pthread_create in pthreads - not found
-- Looking for pthread_create in pthread
-- Looking for pthread_create in pthread - found
-- CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR=C:/msys64/home/esdev/esdevsw/codelite/wx-config-msys2/src
-- INSTALL_PATH => C:/msys64/home/esdev/esdevsw/codelite/build-release/install/bin
-- Found libhunspell: C:/msys64/mingw64/lib/libhunspell.dll.a, C:/msys64/mingw64/include/hunspell
-- WXWIN is set to C:/msys64/home/esdev/root
-- WXCFG is set to clang_x64_dll/mswu
could not open configuration file: C:/msys64/home/esdev/root/lib/clang_x64_dll/mswu/build.cfg
-- wxWidgets_USE_FILE is set to:
-- CL_SRC_ROOT is set to C:/msys64/home/esdev/esdevsw/codelite
-- Building wxCrafter as codelite plugin
-- Generating makefile for wxCrafter
-- wxCrafter - Done
CMake Error at codelite_make/CMakeLists.txt:5 (include):
  include called with wrong number of arguments.  include() only takes one
  file.

CMake Error at TestDir/CMakeLists.txt:2 (include):
  include called with wrong number of arguments.  include() only takes one
  file.

CMake Error at codelite-generate-themes/CMakeLists.txt:5 (include):
  include called with wrong number of arguments.  include() only takes one
  file.

-- Generating post_install.cmake script
-- Including plugin.cmake module
-- CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR is set to C:/msys64/home/esdev/esdevsw/codelite
-- CL_INSTALL_BIN is set to C:/msys64/home/esdev/esdevsw/codelite/build-release/install
-- InnoSetup compiler is set to: C:/Program Files (x86)/Inno Setup 6/ISCC.exe
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

[eranif]

This looks like the root cause:

could not open configuration file: C:/msys64/home/esdev/root/lib/clang_x64_dll/mswu/build.cfg

Did you build wxWidgets as described here: https://docs.codelite.org/build/build_wx_widgets/#windows ?

[eranif]

Also, when in doubt, consult with the MSYS2 workflow (thanks to @Jarod42 who added this 👍🏽 )

https://github.com/eranif/codelite/blob/master/.github/workflows/msys2.yml

[noeldiviney]

Hello Eran and Jarrod Impressed with the prompt response.

Yes I have been trying to debug this myself. the wxWidgets build log is attached below wxWidgets-Bulld-Log.txt the wx-config-msys2 build log is attached below wx-config-msys2-build-log.txt the codelite build log is attached below

Everything work fine on Linux Best regards Noel

[noeldiviney]

Oops forgot codelite codelite-build-release-log.txt Noel

[Jarod42]

could not open configuration file: C:/msys64/home/esdev/root/lib/clang_x64_dll/mswu/build.cfg

C:/msys64/home/esdev/root/lib/clang_x64_dll/mswu/build.cfg seems to not exist, is there a similar file under root/lib?

I don't see from log

mingw32-make install

Which might explain that

-- wxWidgets_USE_FILE is set to: .. CMake Error at codelite_make/CMakeLists.txt:5 (include):

wxWidgets_USE_FILE should not be empty, then the error is from include($(wxWidgets_USE_FILE)). That variable should be set from previous build.cfg. So same issue that above.

[eranif]

wxWidgets_USE_FILE is empty because wx-config failed

This whole error boils down to wxWidgets not build properly.

Could you share how did you build wxWidgets? (I am mainly interested with the CMake execution line)

[noeldiviney]

Hi The problem is idue to the Build instructions for bulding wxWidgets are missing things see "https://docs.codelite.org/build/build_wx_widgets/#windows" git clone https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets cd wxWidgets git submodule update --ini

mkdir build-release
cd build-release
cmake .. -G"MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release                                             \
                     -DwxBUILD_DEBUG_LEVEL=0                                                                            \
                     -DwxBUILD_MONOLITHIC=1 -DwxBUILD_SAMPLES=SOME -DwxUSE_STL=1    \
                     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/root
mingw32-make -j$(nproc)

As you can see the "mingw32-make install" is missing

Also see "https://docs.codelite.org/build/build_from_sources/" pacman -S mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-zlib \ mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-libssh \ mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-hunspel l \ mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-openssl \ mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-sqlite3 \ flex As you can see here that " bison " is missing

I am currently creating a new install ofPro Version=22H2, OS build=19045.4717. and do a complete install of MSYS2. wxWidgets, wx-config-msys2 and Codelite. This will take a couple of hours or so to do and send.

Regards Noel

[eranif]

I have updated the docs & deployed them to the website:

https://docs.codelite.org/build/build_wx_widgets/#windows

(You might need to refresh the page cache)

[noeldiviney]

Ok I will use the udated docs. Many thanks.. Noel.

[noeldiviney]

Progress so far

wxWidges buillt and installed see attached log Build-Install-wxWidgets-log.txt

wx-config.exe build log codelite-build-log.txt

Codelite.exe build log build-wx-config.exe-log.txt

mingw32-make is not terminating last 3 lines as follows: /usr/bin/sh: line 1: /clang64/bin/clang: Bad address mingw32-make[3]: [mk_mingw.mak:93: parsers/awk.o] Error 126 mingw32-make[3]: Waiting for unfinished jobs....

Will do more testing in the morning

Cheers Noel

[eranif]

Maybe we should add an option to disable ctagsd and skip this ...

[noeldiviney]

What is involved in doing the disable so tat I can try it out?

How is the "https://downloads.codelite.org/downloads.php?windows_weekly_64" built?

Any idea why Codelite is not included in Msys2 packages anymore?

Thanks Noen

[noeldiviney]

This a build without the install for codelite and is less confusing codelite-build-only-log.txt

Noel

[eranif]

How is the "https://downloads.codelite.org/downloads.php?windows_weekly_64" built?

I am building it, using the same instructions that we have on the website, I am not sure why its not working for you...

Any idea why Codelite is not included in Msys2 packages anymore?

My guess? they don't like the way I package CodeLite for Windows :) which is more native rather than MSYS2 way (which is the POSIX way)

[eranif]

I am trying to reproduce the issue you are having, but I am unable to do it... Running git clean -xfd inside the ctags folder and rebuilding CodeLite does not reproduce this for me

From reading the log file you uploaded, this makefile rule seems to cause the error:

copy_gnulib_heads:
        cp win32/config_mingw.h config.h
        cp win32/gnulib_h/langinfo.h win32/gnulib_h/locale.h win32/gnulib_h/unistd.h win32/gnulib_h/fnmatch.h win32/gnulib_h/string.h win32/gnulib_h/wchar.h gnulib

Which produces this error on your machine:

cp: cannot create regular file 'gnulib/string.h': Permission denied

Can you check the write permissions for that folder? or maybe try running (from the root folder of CodeLite sources):

cd ctags && git clean -xfd

You can also try and run the command manually and maybe you will get something more useful in the error message:

cd ctags
cp win32/gnulib_h/langinfo.h win32/gnulib_h/locale.h win32/gnulib_h/unistd.h win32/gnulib_h/fnmatch.h win32/gnulib_h/string.h win32/gnulib_h/wchar.h gnulib

[noeldiviney]

I will do some more debugging here. But I have to I have to learn as I go. Are you running on Windows 10 Pro 22H2? What Msys2 environment clang64.exe, mingw64.exe or ucrt64.exe?

Noel

[noeldiviney]

Hi I moved the testing to Drive X:\ and got rid of the "permission denied". ctags is still a problem though. codelite-build-no-permission-denied-log.txt Noel

[eranif]

The problem you faced ("permission denied") was due to bad ctags makefile which was not built for multiple jobs ("-jN"). I fixed it by replacing the custom built makefile ("mk_mingw.mak") with proper CMakeLists.txt file

Try with latest master (make sure to update the submodules :git submodule update --init)

[noeldiviney]

Hi Eran. I can now build Codelite successfully!!!!! Thank very much for the help doing this. It has made my day. I can now continue with the development of my Embedded Systems Development Environment in which Codelite is playing an important part. Successfull-Codelide-Build-lov.txt I will keep you posted on progress.

Cheers Noel

[eranif]

Closing this issue