C++ - cmake cannot find boost libraries - c++

Question

For a project, I have to use cmake in combination with boost to generate a C++ build (avro). I have installed the following programs:
cmake v3.4.3
boost v1.55.0
But when executing the command with the following statements in the .bat file (this batch file got provided by a 3th party provider),
set BOOST_ROOT=D:\software\boost_1_55_0\
set BOOST_INCLUDEDIR=D:\software\boost_1_55_0\boost
set BOOST_LIBRARYDIR=D:\software\boost_1_55_0\lib32-msvc-12.0
set PATH=%MSVS_HOME%\VC;%BOOST_LIBRARYDIR%;%BOOST_ROOT%;%BOOST_INCLUDEDIR%;%PATH%
call vcvarsall.bat
cmake .. -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
(remark: MSVS_HOME is the directory where Visual Studio got installed to and the other paths are set by my own.)
cmake throws up with errors, as shown here below
CMake Error at D:/software/cmake_3.4.3/share/cmake-3.4/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1247 (message):
Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.
Boost version: 1.55.0
Boost include path: D:/software/boost_1_55_0
Could not find the following Boost libraries:
boost_filesystem
boost_system
boost_program_options
No Boost libraries were found. You may need to set BOOST_LIBRARYDIR to the
directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT to the location of Boost.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:54 (find_package)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "D:/kaa/kaaBuild/avro-src-1.7.5/lang/c++/build.win/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
It however surprises me because in the boost directory, you can find the required libraries. Here below are PS commands that I have used to find the required Boost libraries.
PS D:\software\boost_1_55_0\lib32-msvc-12.0> Get-ChildItem boost_file* -name
boost_filesystem-vc120-1_55.dll
boost_filesystem-vc120-1_55.lib
boost_filesystem-vc120-gd-1_55.dll
boost_filesystem-vc120-gd-1_55.lib
boost_filesystem-vc120-mt-1_55.dll
boost_filesystem-vc120-mt-1_55.lib
boost_filesystem-vc120-mt-gd-1_55.dll
boost_filesystem-vc120-mt-gd-1_55.lib
PS D:\software\boost_1_55_0\lib32-msvc-12.0> Get-ChildItem boost_system* -name
boost_system-vc120-1_55.dll
boost_system-vc120-1_55.lib
boost_system-vc120-gd-1_55.dll
boost_system-vc120-gd-1_55.lib
boost_system-vc120-mt-1_55.dll
boost_system-vc120-mt-1_55.lib
boost_system-vc120-mt-gd-1_55.dll
boost_system-vc120-mt-gd-1_55.lib
PS D:\software\boost_1_55_0\lib32-msvc-12.0> Get-ChildItem boost_program_opt* -name
boost_program_options-vc120-1_55.dll
boost_program_options-vc120-1_55.lib
boost_program_options-vc120-gd-1_55.dll
boost_program_options-vc120-gd-1_55.lib
boost_program_options-vc120-mt-1_55.dll
boost_program_options-vc120-mt-1_55.lib
boost_program_options-vc120-mt-gd-1_55.dll
As you can see, the required file is available in the right location.
Question :
I am not familiar with cmake. Could the problem be at the cmake list (here below) or is the problem somewhere else ? I already have looked into the following questions:
c++ - cmake cannot find boost libraries
The answer goes about a configuration problem. But since I have barely experience with cmake, I am not sure if the configuration is correct. I didn't have configured it. These files got provided to me by a 3th party provider...
C++ - CMAKE cannot find boost
There is no answer, but in the comment, it mentions about the variables. I have set it correctly here (I think ...)
Cmake doesn't find Boost
The answer tells to add those two lines before the FIND_PACKAGE(Boost) but my cmakelists.txt (here below) doesn't contain it.
C++ - CMake is not able to find boost libraries
The answers were vague, I don't know which one would be useful. There is an answer that mentions a snippet which can be added to the cmakelists.txt. I'm not sure if I should do that. (As said, the files got provided by a 3th party provider)
I have also checked the following answers outside StackOverflow:
this, which tells about the environment variables, something what I already have
this, it mentions about a version of libdev boost. I do think that I have the latest version. (see above, I have Boost 1.55)
this, that mentions to remove the cmake file. However, it works for orocos, something that I don't use. I don't think that this wouldn't solve my problem either. But I tried it anyways, and no, didn't helped.
So, what can I do to solve this problem ? Did I have overlooked on something ? Missed something important ?
There are two snippets here below, the cmake list and the cmake log, generated after the aboved failed execution. I hope that these are useful.
CMakeLists.txt:
#
# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
# distributed with this work for additional information
# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
# specific language governing permissions and limitations
# under the License.
#
cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
set (CMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32 0)
if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_NO_WARNINGS)
set (CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_NO_WARNINGS ON)
endif()
if (EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION.txt)
file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION.txt" AVRO_VERSION)
else (EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION.txt)
file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../share/VERSION.txt"
AVRO_VERSION)
endif (EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION.txt)
set (AVRO_VERSION_MAJOR ${AVRO_VERSION})
set (AVRO_VERSION_MINOR "0")
project (Avro-cpp)
if (WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN AND NOT MSYS)
add_definitions (/EHa)
add_definitions (
-DBOOST_REGEX_DYN_LINK
-DBOOST_FILESYSTEM_DYN_LINK
-DBOOST_SYSTEM_DYN_LINK
-DBOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_DYN_LINK
-DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB)
endif()
if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall")
endif ()
find_package (Boost 1.38 REQUIRED
COMPONENTS filesystem system program_options)
add_definitions (${Boost_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC_DEFINITIONS})
include_directories (api ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
set (AVRO_SOURCE_FILES
impl/Compiler.cc impl/Node.cc
impl/NodeImpl.cc impl/ResolverSchema.cc impl/Schema.cc
impl/Types.cc impl/ValidSchema.cc impl/Zigzag.cc
impl/BinaryEncoder.cc impl/BinaryDecoder.cc
impl/Stream.cc impl/FileStream.cc
impl/Generic.cc
impl/DataFile.cc
impl/parsing/Symbol.cc
impl/parsing/ValidatingCodec.cc
impl/parsing/JsonCodec.cc
impl/parsing/ResolvingDecoder.cc
impl/json/JsonIO.cc
impl/json/JsonDom.cc
impl/Resolver.cc impl/Validator.cc
)
add_library (avrocpp SHARED ${AVRO_SOURCE_FILES})
set_property (TARGET avrocpp
APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS AVRO_DYN_LINK)
add_library (avrocpp_s STATIC ${AVRO_SOURCE_FILES})
set_property (TARGET avrocpp avrocpp_s
APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS AVRO_SOURCE)
set_target_properties (avrocpp PROPERTIES
VERSION ${AVRO_VERSION_MAJOR}.${AVRO_VERSION_MINOR})
set_target_properties (avrocpp_s PROPERTIES
VERSION ${AVRO_VERSION_MAJOR}.${AVRO_VERSION_MINOR})
target_link_libraries (avrocpp ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
add_executable (precompile test/precompile.cc)
target_link_libraries (precompile avrocpp_s ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
macro (gencpp file ns)
add_custom_command (OUTPUT ${ns}.hh
COMMAND precompile ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/jsonschemas/${file}
${file}
COMMAND python ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/gen-cppcode.py
-n ${ns} -i ${file} -o ${ns}.hh
DEPENDS precompile ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/jsonschemas/${file})
add_custom_target(${ns} DEPENDS ${ns}.hh)
endmacro (gencpp)
if (CYGWIN OR NOT WIN32)
gencpp (bigrecord testgen)
gencpp (bigrecord2 testgen2)
endif ()
macro (gen file ns)
add_custom_command (OUTPUT ${file}.hh
COMMAND avrogencpp
-p -
-i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/jsonschemas/${file}
-o ${file}.hh -n ${ns} -U
DEPENDS avrogencpp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/jsonschemas/${file})
add_custom_target (${file}_hh DEPENDS ${file}.hh)
endmacro (gen)
gen (bigrecord testgen)
gen (bigrecord2 testgen2)
gen (tweet testgen3)
gen (union_array_union uau)
gen (union_map_union umu)
gen (union_conflict uc)
gen (recursive rec)
gen (reuse ru)
gen (circulardep cd)
add_executable (avrogencpp impl/avrogencpp.cc)
target_link_libraries (avrogencpp avrocpp_s ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
enable_testing()
macro (unittest name)
add_executable (${name} test/${name}.cc)
target_link_libraries (${name} avrocpp ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
add_test (NAME ${name} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${name})
endmacro (unittest)
unittest (buffertest)
unittest (unittest)
unittest (SchemaTests)
unittest (CodecTests)
unittest (StreamTests)
unittest (SpecificTests)
unittest (DataFileTests)
unittest (JsonTests)
unittest (AvrogencppTests)
if (CYGWIN OR NOT WIN32)
unittest (testgentest)
add_dependencies (testgentest testgen testgen2)
endif()
add_dependencies (AvrogencppTests bigrecord_hh bigrecord2_hh tweet_hh
union_array_union_hh union_map_union_hh union_conflict_hh
recursive_hh reuse_hh circulardep_hh)
include (InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
set (CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "avrocpp-${AVRO_VERSION_MAJOR}")
include (CPack)
install (TARGETS avrocpp avrocpp_s
LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
RUNTIME DESTINATION lib)
install (TARGETS avrogencpp RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
install (DIRECTORY api/ DESTINATION include/avro
FILES_MATCHING PATTERN *.hh)
if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release CACHE STRING
"Choose the type of build, options are: None Debug Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel."
FORCE)
endif (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
and the cmake log:
The system is: Windows - 10.0.10586 - AMD64
Compiling the C compiler identification source file "CMakeCCompilerId.c" succeeded.
Compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/cl.exe
Build flags:
Id flags:
The output was:
0
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.00.23506 for x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
CMakeCCompilerId.c
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.00.23506.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
/out:CMakeCCompilerId.exe
CMakeCCompilerId.obj
Compilation of the C compiler identification source "CMakeCCompilerId.c" produced "CMakeCCompilerId.exe"
Compilation of the C compiler identification source "CMakeCCompilerId.c" produced "CMakeCCompilerId.obj"
The C compiler identification is MSVC, found in "D:/kaa/kaaBuild/avro-src-1.7.5/lang/c++/build.win/CMakeFiles/3.4.3/CompilerIdC/CMakeCCompilerId.exe"
Compiling the CXX compiler identification source file "CMakeCXXCompilerId.cpp" succeeded.
Compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/cl.exe
Build flags:
Id flags:
The output was:
0
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.00.23506 for x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
CMakeCXXCompilerId.cpp
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.00.23506.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
/out:CMakeCXXCompilerId.exe
CMakeCXXCompilerId.obj
Compilation of the CXX compiler identification source "CMakeCXXCompilerId.cpp" produced "CMakeCXXCompilerId.exe"
Compilation of the CXX compiler identification source "CMakeCXXCompilerId.cpp" produced "CMakeCXXCompilerId.obj"
The CXX compiler identification is MSVC, found in "D:/kaa/kaaBuild/avro-src-1.7.5/lang/c++/build.win/CMakeFiles/3.4.3/CompilerIdCXX/CMakeCXXCompilerId.exe"
Determining if the C compiler works passed with the following output:
Change Dir: D:/kaa/kaaBuild/avro-src-1.7.5/lang/c++/build.win/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
Run Build Command:"nmake" "/NOLOGO" "cmTC_279c3\fast"
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Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_279c3.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj
C:\PROGRA~2\VISUAL~1.0\VC\bin\cl.exe #C:\Users\geire\AppData\Local\Temp\nm8C78.tmp
testCCompiler.c
Linking C executable cmTC_279c3.exe
D:\software\cmake_3.4.3\bin\cmake.exe -E vs_link_exe --intdir=CMakeFiles\cmTC_279c3.dir --manifests -- C:\PROGRA~2\VISUAL~1.0\VC\bin\link.exe /nologo #CMakeFiles\cmTC_279c3.dir\objects1.rsp #C:\Users\geire\AppData\Local\Temp\nm8DF0.tmp
Detecting C compiler ABI info compiled with the following output:
Change Dir: D:/kaa/kaaBuild/avro-src-1.7.5/lang/c++/build.win/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
Run Build Command:"nmake" "/NOLOGO" "cmTC_f6e85\fast"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe" -f CMakeFiles\cmTC_f6e85.dir\build.make /nologo -L CMakeFiles\cmTC_f6e85.dir\build
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Linking C executable cmTC_f6e85.exe
D:\software\cmake_3.4.3\bin\cmake.exe -E vs_link_exe --intdir=CMakeFiles\cmTC_f6e85.dir --manifests -- C:\PROGRA~2\VISUAL~1.0\VC\bin\link.exe /nologo #CMakeFiles\cmTC_f6e85.dir\objects1.rsp #C:\Users\geire\AppData\Local\Temp\nm90CF.tmp
Determining if the CXX compiler works passed with the following output:
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