Re: Unable to build MiKTeX

David Allsopp <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.miktex
Organization MetaStack Solutions Ltd.
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
A wrote:
> In the interim I had even tried Qt 5.7.0 which is the latest release
> (using
> "
> http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.7/5.7.0/qt-opensource-
> windows-x86-msvc2015_64-5.7.0.exe"
> -- that's the 64-bit one built with Visual C++ 2015), and that didn't even
> work.  Evidently there's a need for a very specific version and build,
> 5.8.0-beta.  Not only that, but you have to know specifically to get the
> one built with MSVC2015.  (I understand that an inference could be made on
> that based on the fact that we're using MSVC2015 to build MiKTeX, but
> still.)  IMHO, the build documentation needs to point people to the exact
> download, aside from the fact that the readme that we were viewing is
> out-of-date.

Indeed - you could make a pull request with updated documentation (indeed, your whole experience - extra links, etc. would be a valuable addition to the README.win file) - GitHub is very easy to use, if you haven't done it before and while extremely scary for a beginner, Git itself is not that scary for editing one document.

Looking below, it looks to me as though your xsltproc does not work. After you've set-up your PATH, what happens if you run xsltproc --version? I bet you get an error about a missing libxml2 DLLm not 4 lines of text. You also need to extract the following from ftp://ftp.zlatkovic.com/libxml/64bit/ (also to C:\miktex\libxslt-1.1.28-win32-x86_64):
	* libxml2-2.9.3-win32-x86_64.7z 
	* mingwrt-5.2.0-win32-x86_64.7z
	* iconv-1.14-win32-x86_64.7z
	* zlib-1.2.8-win32-x86_64.7z
It's possible that the last two are not required for MiKTeX's particular use, but you definitely need the first two (see the diagram on https://www.zlatkovic.com/libxml.en.html under "Getting The Binaries" - though it doesn't explicitly mention the mingwrt - however, you'll get messages about a missing pthread DLL which gives the game away) 

See how that works!


David

> So Qt 5.8.0-beta got me past this hurdle, but now I'm getting a different
> error when it builds the documentation.  Here's what happened:
> 
> - I got Qt 5.8.0-beta, 64-bit built by Visual C++ 2015:
>   - Download page:
> http://download.qt.io/development_releases/qt/5.8/5.8.0-beta/
>   - Direct link:
> http://download.qt.io/development_releases/qt/5.8/5.8.0-beta/qt-
> opensource-windows-x86-msvc2015_64-5.8.0-beta.exe
>   - Selected components for installation: "msvc2015 64-bit", "Qt Script
> (Deprecated)"
> 
> - I set the PATH as follows:
> > set PATH=C:\Windows\system32
> > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
> x64
> > echo %PATH%
>   - Output: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 14.0\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio
> 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319;C:\Progr
> am
> Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\HTML Help Workshop;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 14.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
> Visual Studio 14.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows
> Kits\10\bin\x86;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
> SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.1 Tools\x64\;C:\Windows\system32
> > set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\CMake\bin;C:\Program
> Files\java\jdk1.8.0_25\bin;C:\Python27;C:\cygwin\bin;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Pandoc;C:\Qt\Qt5.8.0\5.8\msvc2015_64\bin;C:\miktex\ImageMagick-
> 7.0.3-9-portable-Q16-x64;C:\miktex\fop-2.1;C:\miktex\libxslt-1.1.28-win32-
> x86_64\bin
> > echo %PATH%
>   - Output: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 14.0\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio
> 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319;C:\Progr
> am
> Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\HTML Help Workshop;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 14.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
> Visual Studio 14.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows
> Kits\10\bin\x86;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
> SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.1
> Tools\x64\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Program Files\CMake\bin;C:\Program
> Files\java\jdk1.8.0_25\bin;C:\Python27;C:\cygwin\bin;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Pandoc;C:\Qt\Qt5.8.0\5.8\msvc2015_64\bin;C:\miktex\ImageMagick-
> 7.0.3-9-portable-Q16-x64;C:\miktex\fop-2.1;C:\miktex\libxslt-1.1.28-win32-
> x86_64\bin
> - I set the CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH as follows:
>   > set
> CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:\Qt\Qt5.8.0\5.8\msvc2015_64\lib\cmake\Qt5;C:\miktex\ic
> u4c-58_1-Win64-MSVC2015\icu\include;C:\miktex\icu4c-58_1-Win64-
> MSVC2015\icu\lib64
> 
> - I deleted the existing "C:\miktex\build\CMakeCache.txt" file.  I left
> everything that was already built this time.
> - With my working directory as "C:\miktex\build", I ran CMake again:
> > cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" C:\miktex\miktex-2.9-master
>   - Completed successfully
> - Note: Deleting "CMakeCache.txt" and running CMake again causes a new
> "CMakeCache.txt" to be generated with the updated dependency paths that I
> changed in PATH and CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH, in this case the Qt paths.
> - I ran nmake again:
> > nmake
> ---- Beginning of tail of nmake output: ----
> [ 65%] Generating html/faq/index.html
> Exit code 0xc0000135
> 
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'echo' : return code '0x1'
> Stop.
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio
> 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
> Stop.
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio
> 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
> Stop.
> 
> ---- End of tail of nmake output. ----
> 
> This error is repeatable each time I retry nmake.
> 
> Cygwin does have C:\cygwin\bin\echo.exe, but when I try "echo" on the
> command-line, it is using Windows's version of "echo".  I'm not sure if
> that makes any difference.
> 
> Am I doing anything else incorrectly?  Could this be an issue with one of
> the versions of the other dependencies that the readme says are needed to
> build the documentation -- FOP, libxslt, and Pandoc?  As a reminder, here
> are the versions that I'm using (see my previous message at
> https://sourceforge.net/p/miktex/mailman/message/35538765/ for the
> download
> links and details):
>   - FOP: 2.1
>   - Libxslt: 1.1.28
>   - Pandoc: 1.19
> 
> The versions for all three of these were whatever was the latest available
> when I went to download them, because the build documentation does not
> specify the versions.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 1:38 AM, David Allsopp <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> > Those are linker errors with Qt, which isn't too surprising as you're
> > using a VS2013 build of Qt 5.5. However, you're doing that because the
> > instructions in README.win are clearly out of date (you could make a
> pull
> > request for that) - https://miktex.org/howto/build-win would suggest
> that
> > Christian is using the 5.8.0 beta. See if that gets you past the linker
> > error.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: A [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: 11 December 2016 01:13
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Unable to build MiKTeX
> > >
> > > After researching online some more, I found out that the
> "vcvarsall.bat"
> > > script actually takes an argument for the machine type, which needs to
> be
> > > specified as 64-bit when doing a 64-bit build.  I deleted everything
> in
> > > "C:\miktex\build" again and did the following, with the working
> directory
> > > as "C:\miktex\build".  Now I am getting a different error.
> > >
> > > > set PATH=C:\Windows\system32
> > > > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
> > > > x64 echo %PATH%
> > >   - Output: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> > > 14.0\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow;C:\Program
> Files
> > > (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> > > Studio
> > > 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.
> > 0.30319;C:\Progr
> > > am
> > > Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program
> Files
> > > (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files
> > > (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files
> > > (x86)\HTML Help Workshop;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio
> > > 14.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
> > > Visual Studio 14.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools;C:\Program Files
> > > (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows
> > > Kits\10\bin\x86;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
> > > SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.1 Tools\x64\;C:\Windows\system32
> > > > set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\CMake\bin;C:\Program
> > > Files\java\jdk1.8.0_25\bin;C:\Python27;C:\cygwin\bin;C:\Program Files
> > > (x86)\Pandoc;C:\Qt\Qt5.5.1\5.5\msvc2013_64\bin;C:\miktex\ImageMagick-
> > > 7.0.3-9-portable-Q16-x64;C:\miktex\fop-2.1;C:\miktex\
> > libxslt-1.1.28-win32-
> > > x86_64\bin
> > > > echo %PATH%
> > >   - Output: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> > > 14.0\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow;C:\Program
> Files
> > > (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> > > Studio
> > > 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.
> > 0.30319;C:\Progr
> > > am
> > > Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program
> Files
> > > (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files
> > > (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files
> > > (x86)\HTML Help Workshop;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio
> > > 14.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
> > > Visual Studio 14.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools;C:\Program Files
> > > (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows
> > > Kits\10\bin\x86;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
> > > SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.1
> > > Tools\x64\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Program Files\CMake\bin;C:\Program
> > > Files\java\jdk1.8.0_25\bin;C:\Python27;C:\cygwin\bin;C:\Program Files
> > > (x86)\Pandoc;C:\Qt\Qt5.5.1\5.5\msvc2013_64\bin;C:\miktex\ImageMagick-
> > > 7.0.3-9-portable-Q16-x64;C:\miktex\fop-2.1;C:\miktex\
> > libxslt-1.1.28-win32-
> > > x86_64\bin
> > > - I set the CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH as before:
> > >   > set
> > > CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:\Qt\Qt5.5.1\5.5\msvc2013_64\lib\cmake\
> > Qt5;C:\miktex\ic
> > > u4c-58_1-Win64-MSVC2015\icu\include;C:\miktex\icu4c-58_1-Win64-
> > > MSVC2015\icu\lib64
> > > - I ran CMake again:
> > > > cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" C:\miktex\miktex-2.9-master
> > >   - Completed successfully
> > > - I ran nmake again:
> > > > nmake
> > > ---- Beginning of tail of nmake output: ---- [ 30%] Building CXX
> object
> > > Libraries/MiKTeX/UI/Qt/CMakeFiles/MiKTeX209-ui-
> > > Qt.dir/moc_ui_UpdateDialog.cpp.obj
> > > moc_ui_UpdateDialog.cpp
> > > [ 30%] Building CXX object
> > > Libraries/MiKTeX/UI/Qt/CMakeFiles/MiKTeX209-ui-Qt.
> > dir/qrc_mikuiqt.cpp.obj
> > > qrc_mikuiqt.cpp
> > > [ 30%] Linking CXX shared library ..\..\..\..\binlib\MiKTeX209-ui-
> Qt.dll
> > >    Creating library ..\..\..\..\binlib\MiKTeX209-ui-Qt.lib and object
> > > ..\..\..\..\binlib\MiKTeX209-ui-Qt.exp
> > > ConnectionSettingsDialog.cpp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external
> > > symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: class QByteArray __cdecl
> > > QString::toUtf8(v oid)&& " (__imp_?toUtf8@QString@@QEHAA?AVQByteArray@
> > @XZ)
> > > referenced in function "protected: virtual void __cdecl
> > > ConnectionSettingsDialog::accept(void
> > > )" (?accept@ConnectionSettingsDialog@@MEAAXXZ)
> > > mikuiqt.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
> > > "__declspec(dllimport) public: class QByteArray __cdecl
> > > QString::toUtf8(void)&& " (__imp_?
> > > toUtf8@QString@@QEHAA?AVQByteArray@@XZ)
> > > RepositoryTableModel.cpp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external
> symbol
> > > "__declspec(dllimport) public: class QString __cdecl
> > > QString::toUpper(void)&&  " (__imp_?toUpper@QString@@QEHAA?AV1@XZ)
> > > referenced in function "public:
> > > virtual class QVariant __cdecl RepositoryTableModel::data(class
> > > QModelIndex const &,int)const "
> > > (?data@RepositoryTableModel@@UEBA?AVQVariant@
> > > @AEBVQModelIndex@@H@Z)
> > > SiteWizLocal.cpp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
> > > "__declspec(dllimport) public: class QByteArray __cdecl
> > > QString::toLocal8Bit(void)&& "
> > > (__imp_?toLocal8Bit@QString@@QEHAA?AVQByteArray@@XZ) referenced in
> > > function "public: virtual bool __cdecl
> SiteWizLocal::validatePage(void)"
> > > (?valida
> > > tePage@SiteWizLocal@@UEAA_NXZ)
> > > ..\..\..\..\binlib\MiKTeX209-ui-Qt.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 3
> > unresolved
> > > externals LINK Pass 1 failed. with 1120 NMAKE : fatal error U1077:
> > > '"C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe"' :
> > > return code '0xffffffff'
> > > Stop.
> > > NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> > > Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
> > > Stop.
> > > NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> > > Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
> > > Stop.
> > >
> > > ---- End of tail of nmake output. ----
> > >
> > > Am I doing anything else incorrectly?
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