Bug 24959 – Unable to build WebKit if Visual studio is not installed in default location

• Status: UNCONFIRMED
• Component: WebKit Misc.

[angrez]

The Windows WebKit build currently only works when Visual Studio or Visual C++ Express is installed in the default location. In case user installed the above tools in different location, build process fails stating that unable to find the desired compiler at location C:\Program Files.

[Ryan Jendoubi]

(In reply to comment #0)
> The Windows WebKit build currently only works when Visual Studio or Visual C++
> Express is installed in the default location. 
> 

Hi Angrez,
Your bug seems to relate to Windows but when you reported the bug you listed the OS you use as Mac OS X 10.5. Could you please confirm which OS you are using (and change the OS in the bug report if appropriate) and tell me what exact version of MSVC you are using and where you have it installed? I have had success building with MSVC and SDK installs straight under C:\ (i.e. non-default location.)

[angrez]

I got this error on Windows XP SP2. I will not come on other OS as we will not be using Microsoft Visual Studio or Express to compile webkit. My bad. But it can certainly be reproduced on any Windows operating system.

My location has been d:\installations\Microsoft Visual Studio\

[Ryan Jendoubi]

Hi again,

Thanks for clarifying your OS. Next question is, have you checked you environment variables?

I'm using MSVC 2005 (MSVC8) Express Edition, installed at C:\MSVC8. I have two environment variables, VSINSTALLDIR and VS80COMNTOOLS which are registered on the system and can be viewed in Start->Control Panel->System->Advanced->Environment Variables. There is also the env var VCINSTALLDIR, which is set by the SetEnv.cmd script in the SDK I use (Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2), which I call before doing any compiling etc.

Have you checked these environment variables on your system? If they are incorrect or not present in your Environment Variables dialog, you could add them there to see if that helps. Alternatively if you work from the command line you could set them there before you begin.

Let me know how you get on :-)