Evidently, after a bunch of google searches the problem is that the VS2008 installer does not seem to install the 32 bit cl.exe programs unless you choose to install EVERYTHING. I most likely did not select that option as all I wanted was C++ development. I didn't see the need for the VB, C# and Web stuff. Stupid Me... _____________________________________________________ Mike Jackson mike.jack...@bluequartz.net
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:01 PM, John Drescher <dresche...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Mike Jackson > <mike.jack...@bluequartz.net> wrote: >> I tried the following: >> >> Open the "Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt" >> Navigate to my project. >> CMake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" ../ >> >> and I get the error that says the C compiler can not compile a simple >> test program. Looking at the error log it would seem that cl.exe isn't >> on the path anywhere. I double checked by running vcvars.bat again but >> nothing. >> >> Pretty sure I just did the standard install for VS 2008 Standard >> Edition. This is on Windows 7 x64. Maybe I can't build 32 bit apps >> with the standard edition? >> >> Dunno but I bet there is someone in CMake land who has hit this >> problem and I am sure it is something simple that I am missing. >> > > Did you run CMake from the 32 bit command prompt or the x64 one? > > John > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
