RAVEN Build Error on Windows

[KwesiBoafo]

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Defect Description

I tried to install the windows version of RAVEN and upon attempting to build raven, I get the following error message:
"error: Error executing cmd /u /c "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64 && set"

I have attempted several ways to get it to work but to no avail. Kindly provide guidance on how to address this error.

Describe the defect

What did you expect to see happen?

For RAVEN to build successfully

What did you see instead?

An error message as described above.

Do you have a suggested fix for the development team?

None

Describe how to Reproduce
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Screenshots and Input Files
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Platform (please complete the following information):

• OS: [e.g. iOS] Windows
• Version: [e.g. 22]
• Dependencies Installation: [CONDA or PIP] Conda

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[tyler477]

I have a similar issue, currently. Did you ever end up fixing the issue? If so, could you kindly give some insight? Much appreciated!

[alfoa]

Hi @tyler477 and @KwesiBoafo . It looks like that we missed this issue and we deeply apologize.

Are you still experiencing this problem? If so (@tyler477 since you just commented on this issue), can you attach your error?
In addition, are you using the CMD or the GitBash terminal? If you are using the CMD, can you try in GitBash directly?
Thank you

[tyler477]

@alfoa, Thanks so so much for a quick response!

Yes, I am still experiencing the issue (attached screenshot below). I am using the CMD on windows 10. I will try momentarily on GitBash directly.

edit: I just tried on GitBash directly and it appears to give this exact result.

[alfoa]

Okay. Thank you. Let me check in my remote win machine.
In the meanwhile, (sorry in advance for the silly question). Did the Visual Studio installation go through (at least "Desktop development with C++")
Andrea

[tyler477]

Yes. I have Visual Studio installed and working on my desktop with the C++ extension

Tyler

[KwesiBoafo]

Hi Andrea, I couldn't resolve the issues with raven and decided to switch to a different software a while back. I might let a student try out your suggestions in their research and will let you know how it goes. By the way, what is the status of the raven interface with MELCOR code? which I understand was under development? Best regards, Emmanuel

On 2020-10-27 01:36, Andrea Alfonsi - INL wrote: Hi @tyler477 [1] and @KwesiBoafo [2] . It looks like that we missed this issue and we deeply apologize. Are you still experiencing this problem? If so ***@***.*** [1] since you just commented on this issue), can you attach your error? In addition, are you using the CMD or the GitBash enviroment? If you are using the CMD, can you try in GitBash directly? Thank you -- You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub [3], or unsubscribe [4].

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[alfoa]

@tyler477 can I ask you to print and paste your path here (in GitBash):

echo $PATH

In addition, which version of Visual Studio are you using?

@KwesiBoafo I am really sorry. We really missed this issue. I hope you can give another try once this issue is solved.

[tyler477]

@alfoa I am using visual studio version 1.43.2

After printing my path, it returned:

/c/Users/Tyler/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/bin:/c/Users/Tyler/bin:/c/Program Files (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/PhysX/Common:/c/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Oracle/Java/javapath:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/WINDOWS/System32/OpenSSH:/c/Program Files/MATLAB/R2020b/runtime/win64:/c/Program Files/MATLAB/R2020b/bin:/c/Program Files/MATLAB/R2018b/bin:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/Client SDK/ODBC/110/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/120/DTS/Binn:/c/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/8.1/Windows Performance Toolkit:/cmd:/mingw64/bin:/usr/bin:/c/Program Files/PuTTY:/c/Users/Tyler/miniconda3:/c/Users/Tyler/miniconda3/Library/mingw-w64/bin:/c/Users/Tyler/miniconda3/Library/usr/bin:/c/Users/Tyler/miniconda3/Library/bin:/c/Users/Tyler/miniconda3/Scripts:/c/Users/Tyler/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/c/Users/Tyler/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/bin:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl

Is this what you are looking for?

Thanks, Tyler.

[tyler477]

I have just updated Visual Studio to the latest September 2020 version. But I still have received
this same error when trying "bash.exe build_raven", from both CMD and GitBash.

[alfoa]

The Path is correct (Visual Studio is there). @joshua-cogliati-inl I need your expertise here.

[joshua-cogliati-inl]

Hm, that used to mean that VS90COMNTOOLS is not set, but I thought that newer versions of visual studio did not need it set. (As described in https://github.com/idaholab/raven/wiki/installationWindowsOld )

[tyler477]

hmm... I will keep trying to troubleshoot this. Thanks for your support @alfoa and @joshua-cogliati-inl!

[joshua-cogliati-inl]

Also, usually we run in the git bash environment, instead of just running bash.exe when we need it. That might make a difference.

[alfoa]

@tyler477 mybe an option can be to follow the instructions at https://github.com/idaholab/raven/wiki/installationWindowsOld#2-let-the-build-system-know-where-to-find-the-compiler

(it should not be required but you can give a shoot and let us know maybe? )
Sorry for this.

[alfoa]

@tyler477 I am going to try to re-install the code with the latest versions of visual studio (starting from scratch) to see if I can replicate the problem.

[tyler477]

@alfoa I will try this thank you! So sorry for the trouble.

I am first going to try and reinstall Visual Studio to see this works.

[tyler477]

@alfoa Thank you so much for your help! I think I've finally got it working... the issue appeared to be that I had the wrong version of Visual Studio installed. Before I had the Visual Studio Code which was updated to 2020 and I deleted it and installed Visual Studio 2019. It no longer gave me the "vcvarsall.bat" error and is currently running tests to ensure proper raven installation.

Thank you again for your time to help me troubleshoot this!

[alfoa]

@tyler477 I am really glad you solved the problem.

Closing the issue