[CMake] Can't Generate Project Files for VS2019

Osman Zakir osmanzakir90 at hotmail.com
Sat Apr 27 09:00:10 EDT 2019


I'm having trouble using CMake to generate solution and project files for Emscripten and Binaryen.  When I try to invoke it from the command line, I get this message:

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cmake -G"Visual Studio 16 2019" -A Win64 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="C:/Program Files/binaryen" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:1 (PROJECT):​
  Failed to run MSBuild command:​
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    C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/MSBuild/Current/Bin/MSBuild.exe​
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  to get the value of VCTargetsPath:​
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    Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.0.461+g6ff56ef63c for .NET Framework​
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.​
​
    Build started 4/27/2019 5:48:57 PM.​
    Project "C:\binaryen\build\CMakeFiles\3.14.3\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj" on node 1 (default targets).​
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(775,5): error : The OutputPath property is not set for project 'VCTargetsPath.vcxproj'.  Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid combination of Configuration and Platform for this project.  Configuration='Debug'  Platform='Win64'.  You may be seeing this message because you are trying to build a project without a solution file, and have specified a non-default Configuration or Platform that doesn't exist for this project. [C:\binaryen\build\CMakeFiles\3.14.3\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj]​
    Done Building Project "C:\binaryen\build\CMakeFiles\3.14.3\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.​
​
    Build FAILED.​
​
    "C:\binaryen\build\CMakeFiles\3.14.3\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj" (default target) (1) ->​
    (_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform target) ->​
      C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(775,5): error : The OutputPath property is not set for project 'VCTargetsPath.vcxproj'.  Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid combination of Configuration and Platform for this project.  Configuration='Debug'  Platform='Win64'.  You may be seeing this message because you are trying to build a project without a solution file, and have specified a non-default Configuration or Platform that doesn't exist for this project. [C:\binaryen\build\CMakeFiles\3.14.3\VCTargetsPath.vcxproj]​
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        0 Warning(s)​
        1 Error(s)​
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    Time Elapsed 00:00:00.20​
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  Exit code: 1​
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-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!​
See also "C:/binaryen/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
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Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.
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