getting No such file or directory when I try to build chromium - build

Question

I am getting following when I try to build chromium
c:\src\chromium\src>ninja -C out\Default2 chrome
ninja: Entering directory `out\Default2'
[6/28555] CXX obj/base/base_static/pe_image.obj
FAILED: obj/base/base_static/pe_image.obj
ninja -t msvc -e environment.x64 -- "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Stu
dio 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64/cl.exe" /nologo /showIncludes /FC #obj/base/base_static/pe
_image.obj.rsp /c ../../base/win/pe_image.cc /Foobj/base/base_static/pe_image.ob
j /Fd"obj/base/base_static_cc.pdb"
c:\src\chromium\src\base\win\pe_image.cc(8): fatal error C1083: Cannot open incl
ude file: 'stddef.h': No such file or directory
[7/28555] CXX obj/base/base_paths/base_paths.obj
FAILED: obj/base/base_paths/base_paths.obj
ninja -t msvc -e environment.x64 -- "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Stu
dio 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64/cl.exe" /nologo /showIncludes /FC #obj/base/base_paths/bas
e_paths.obj.rsp /c ../../base/base_paths.cc /Foobj/base/base_paths/base_paths.ob
j /Fd"obj/base/base_paths_cc.pdb"
c:\src\chromium\src\base\files\file_path.h(105): fatal error C1083: Cannot open
include file: 'stddef.h': No such file or directory
[8/28555] CXX obj/base/base_paths/base_paths_win.obj
FAILED: obj/base/base_paths/base_paths_win.obj
ninja -t msvc -e environment.x64 -- "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Stu
dio 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64/cl.exe" /nologo /showIncludes /FC #obj/base/base_paths/bas
e_paths_win.obj.rsp /c ../../base/base_paths_win.cc /Foobj/base/base_paths/base_
paths_win.obj /Fd"obj/base/base_paths_cc.pdb"
c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\10\include\10.0.10586.0\um\winnt.h(34): fata
l error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ctype.h': No such file or directory
[11/28555] ACTION //base:build_date(//build/toolchain/win:x64)
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
This is my first time building chroium,
I have visual studio 2015 community edition installed with Windows SDK , and also installed WDK seperately without which "gn gen out/Default2" was not working
Any idea what this issue could be

Answer 1

1.Your build errors:
c:\src\chromium\src\base\win\pe_image.cc(8): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stddef.h': No such file or directory
c:\src\chromium\src\base\files\file_path.h(105): fatal error C1083: Cannot openinclude file: 'stddef.h': No such file or directory
c:\program files (x86)\windows kits\10\include\10.0.10586.0\um\winnt.h(34): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ctype.h': No such file or directory
2.You may need to check the header files which caused the build errors:
The headers, sources, and libraries are now distributed as part of a separate Universal CRT SDK.
Excerpt from the above:
Visual C++ SDK. The headers, sources, and libraries are now distributed as part of a separate Universal CRT SDK. This SDK is included with Visual Studio; it is installed by default to C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10. The debug ucrtbased.dll is also included as part of this SDK and is installed to the system directory.
3.You can also try to reference the following links, it's the same issue with yours: