[SOLVED] Linker Errors while compiling v15.12 in VS 2015 on Windows 8.1

[Michael]

I am a new to SOFA, and I have been trying compile the source code. I have tried following the build instructions for Windows, but I keep running into errors while building. The main problem seems to be that Visual Studio can’t open ‘boost_thread-vc140-mt-gd-1_60.lib’. After that is a series of linker based on not being able to open the previous .lib.

I am working with the 32-bit version of Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition on Windows 8.1.

I am using CMake 3.5.0. I downloaded Qt 5.6.0 32-bit build. I also downloaded Boost for Visual Stuio 2015 32-bit.

I cloned the v15.12 branch and the Windows dependencies as suggested on the build instructions page.

The errors I specifically get is:

2>------ Build started: Project: SofaHelper, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
2>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'boost_thread-vc140-mt-gd-1_60.lib'
3>------ Build started: Project: SofaDefaultType, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
3>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file '..\..\lib\Debug\SofaHelper_d.lib'
4>------ Build started: Project: SofaCore, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
4>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file '..\..\lib\Debug\SofaDefaultType_d.lib'
…
6>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file '..\..\lib\Debug\SofaCore_d.lib'
7>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file '..\..\lib\Debug\SofaCore_d.lib'

This pattern goes on.

Boost CMakeCache Entries:

//Boost atomic library (debug)
Boost_ATOMIC_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH=E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/boost_atomic-vc140-mt-gd-1_60.lib

//Boost atomic library (release)
Boost_ATOMIC_LIBRARY_RELEASE:FILEPATH=E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/boost_atomic-vc140-mt-1_60.lib

//Boost chrono library (debug)
Boost_CHRONO_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH=E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/boost_chrono-vc140-mt-gd-1_60.lib

//Boost chrono library (release)
Boost_CHRONO_LIBRARY_RELEASE:FILEPATH=E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/boost_chrono-vc140-mt-1_60.lib

//Boost date_time library (debug)
Boost_DATE_TIME_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH=E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/boost_date_time-vc140-mt-gd-1_60.lib

//Boost date_time library (release)
Boost_DATE_TIME_LIBRARY_RELEASE:FILEPATH=E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/boost_date_time-vc140-mt-1_60.lib

//The directory containing a CMake configuration file for Boost.
Boost_DIR:PATH=Boost_DIR-NOTFOUND

//Path to a file.
Boost_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=E:/boost_1_60_0

//Boost library directory DEBUG
Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_DEBUG:PATH=E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0

//Boost library directory RELEASE
Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_RELEASE:PATH=E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0

//Boost system library (debug)
Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH=E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/boost_system-vc140-mt-gd-1_60.lib

//Boost system library (release)
Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_RELEASE:FILEPATH=E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/boost_system-vc140-mt-1_60.lib

//Boost thread library (debug)
Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH=E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/libboost_thread-vc140-mt-1_60.lib

//Boost thread library (release)
Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY_RELEASE:FILEPATH=E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/libboost_thread-vc140-mt-gd-1_60.lib

I have gotten the binaries download to work on my machine.

If there is any more info I should post, please tell me.

Thanks You,
Michael Cooper

[Guillaume]

Hi Michael,

Thank you for working with SOFA !

In CMake-GUI:
– Change Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY_DEBUG value to E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/boost_thread-vc140-mt-gd-1_60.lib
– Change Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY_RELEASE value to E:/boost_1_60_0/lib32-msvc-14.0/boost_thread-vc140-mt-1_60.lib

I corrected this error in the documentation 😉

Hope this helps,
Guillaume

[Michael]

Thanks Guillaume,

That did seem to fix the error I was having. However, I am now getting another set of errors. The main cause of this seems to be a conflict with MSVCRT. This prevents SofaLoader_d.dll, SofaExporter_d.dll, and SofaMiscTopology_d.dll from being built. This is from building the debug version.

Unlike before, most of the .dlls build successfully and the runSofa_d.exe is made. However, runSofa_d.exe creates an error because SofaLoader_d.dll is missing.

I’ll try some of the suggestions I found online for dealing with LNK4098. In the meantime, here are the error messages I am getting.

Build Log:

23>LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'MSVCRT' conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
23>zlib.lib(gzlib.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__sprintf referenced in function _gzdopen
23>zlib.lib(gzwrite.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__vsnprintf referenced in function _gzprintf
23>MSVCRTD.lib(vsnprintf.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__vsnprintf
23>MSVCRTD.lib(vsnprintf.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp___vsnprintf
23>E:\sofa\v15.12\build\bin\Debug\SofaLoader_d.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals
...
26>LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'MSVCRT' conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
26>zlib.lib(gzwrite.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__vsnprintf referenced in function _gzprintf
26>MSVCRTD.lib(vsnprintf.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__vsnprintf
26>zlib.lib(gzlib.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__sprintf referenced in function _gzdopen
26>MSVCRTD.lib(vsnprintf.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp___vsnprintf
26>E:\sofa\v15.12\build\bin\Debug\SofaExporter_d.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals
...
37>LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'MSVCRT' conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
37>zlib.lib(gzlib.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__sprintf referenced in function _gzdopen
37>zlib.lib(gzwrite.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__vsnprintf referenced in function _gzprintf
37>MSVCRTD.lib(vsnprintf.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__vsnprintf
37>MSVCRTD.lib(vsnprintf.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp___vsnprintf
37>E:\sofa\v15.12\build\bin\Debug\SofaMiscTopology_d.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals

Error List:

Code	Description	Project	File
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol __imp__sprintf referenced in function _gzdopen	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\zlib.lib(gzlib.obj)
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol __imp__vsnprintf referenced in function _gzprintf	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\zlib.lib(gzwrite.obj)
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol __imp__vsnprintf	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\MSVCRTD.lib(vsnprintf.obj)
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol __imp___vsnprintf	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\MSVCRTD.lib(vsnprintf.obj)
LNK1120	3 unresolved externals	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\bin\Debug\SofaLoader_d.dll
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol __imp__vsnprintf referenced in function _gzprintf	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaExporter\zlib.lib(gzwrite.obj)
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol __imp__vsnprintf	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaExporter\MSVCRTD.lib(vsnprintf.obj)
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol __imp__sprintf referenced in function _gzdopen	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaExporter\zlib.lib(gzlib.obj)
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol __imp___vsnprintf	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaExporter\MSVCRTD.lib(vsnprintf.obj)
LNK1120	3 unresolved externals	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\bin\Debug\SofaExporter_d.dll
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol __imp__sprintf referenced in function _gzdopen	SofaMiscTopology	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaMisc\SofaMiscTopology\zlib.lib(gzlib.obj)
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol __imp__vsnprintf referenced in function _gzprintf	SofaMiscTopology	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaMisc\SofaMiscTopology\zlib.lib(gzwrite.obj)
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol __imp__vsnprintf	SofaMiscTopology	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaMisc\SofaMiscTopology\MSVCRTD.lib(vsnprintf.obj)
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol __imp___vsnprintf	SofaMiscTopology	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaMisc\SofaMiscTopology\MSVCRTD.lib(vsnprintf.obj)
LNK1120	3 unresolved externals	SofaMiscTopology	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\bin\Debug\SofaMiscTopology_d.dll

Thanks for the help,
Michael Cooper

[Fabien]

Hi Michael,
I faced this issue today by building on VS2015 on Windows10.
The issue comes from the zlib in the dependencies package. You have to find a version built with VS2015 or simply build it from sources from https://github.com/madler/zlib

Then you need to place the zlib.dll zlib.lib produced in the corresponding sofa folder. Then that should fix the link issues you gave in the precedent post.

Cheers,
Fabien

[Michael]

I have tried recompiling zlib from the sources, however I am still getting errors when I try to compiling SOFA. I followed this guide for compiling zlib, and that seemed to be successful. I end up with a file named “zlibwapi.dll”, however the zlib readme says that I may rename the file to “zlib.dll”.

I am going to keep trying.

Here is the new set of errors I am encountering. Hopefully this should help diagnose the error:

LNK1120	5 unresolved externals	SofaMiscTopology	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\bin\Debug\SofaMiscTopology_d.dll
LNK1120	4 unresolved externals	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\bin\Debug\SofaExporter_d.dll
LNK1120	5 unresolved externals	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\bin\Debug\SofaLoader_d.dll
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol _gzputs	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaExporter\WriteTopology.obj
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol _gzflush	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaExporter\WriteTopology.obj
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol _gzclose	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaExporter\WriteTopology.obj
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol _gzopen	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaExporter\WriteTopology.obj
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol _gzgets	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\ReadTopology.obj
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol _gzrewind	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\ReadTopology.obj
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol _gzeof	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\ReadTopology.obj
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol _gzclose	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\ReadTopology.obj
LNK2001	unresolved external symbol _gzopen	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\ReadTopology.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzgets referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall sofa::component::misc::TopologicalChangeProcessor::readNext(double,class std::vector<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >,class std::allocator<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > > > &)" (?readNext@TopologicalChangeProcessor@misc@component@sofa@@QAE_NNAAV?$vector@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@V?$allocator@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@2@@std@@@Z)	SofaMiscTopology	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaMisc\SofaMiscTopology\TopologicalChangeProcessor.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzrewind referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall sofa::component::misc::TopologicalChangeProcessor::readNext(double,class std::vector<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >,class std::allocator<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > > > &)" (?readNext@TopologicalChangeProcessor@misc@component@sofa@@QAE_NNAAV?$vector@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@V?$allocator@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@2@@std@@@Z)	SofaMiscTopology	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaMisc\SofaMiscTopology\TopologicalChangeProcessor.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzeof referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall sofa::component::misc::TopologicalChangeProcessor::readNext(double,class std::vector<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >,class std::allocator<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > > > &)" (?readNext@TopologicalChangeProcessor@misc@component@sofa@@QAE_NNAAV?$vector@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@V?$allocator@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@2@@std@@@Z)	SofaMiscTopology	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaMisc\SofaMiscTopology\TopologicalChangeProcessor.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzclose referenced in function "protected: virtual __thiscall sofa::component::misc::TopologicalChangeProcessor::~TopologicalChangeProcessor(void)" (??1TopologicalChangeProcessor@misc@component@sofa@@MAE@XZ)	SofaMiscTopology	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaMisc\SofaMiscTopology\TopologicalChangeProcessor.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzopen referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sofa::component::misc::TopologicalChangeProcessor::readDataFile(void)" (?readDataFile@TopologicalChangeProcessor@misc@component@sofa@@UAEXXZ)	SofaMiscTopology	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaMisc\SofaMiscTopology\TopologicalChangeProcessor.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzputs referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sofa::component::misc::WriteState::handleEvent(class sofa::core::objectmodel::Event *)" (?handleEvent@WriteState@misc@component@sofa@@UAEXPAVEvent@objectmodel@core@4@@Z)	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaExporter\WriteState.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzflush referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sofa::component::misc::WriteState::handleEvent(class sofa::core::objectmodel::Event *)" (?handleEvent@WriteState@misc@component@sofa@@UAEXPAVEvent@objectmodel@core@4@@Z)	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaExporter\WriteState.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzclose referenced in function "protected: virtual __thiscall sofa::component::misc::WriteState::~WriteState(void)" (??1WriteState@misc@component@sofa@@MAE@XZ)	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaExporter\WriteState.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzopen referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sofa::component::misc::WriteState::init(void)" (?init@WriteState@misc@component@sofa@@UAEXXZ)	SofaExporter	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaExporter\WriteState.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzgets referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall sofa::component::misc::ReadState::readNext(double,class std::vector<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >,class std::allocator<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > > > &)" (?readNext@ReadState@misc@component@sofa@@QAE_NNAAV?$vector@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@V?$allocator@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@2@@std@@@Z)	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\ReadState.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzrewind referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall sofa::component::misc::ReadState::readNext(double,class std::vector<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >,class std::allocator<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > > > &)" (?readNext@ReadState@misc@component@sofa@@QAE_NNAAV?$vector@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@V?$allocator@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@2@@std@@@Z)	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\ReadState.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzeof referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall sofa::component::misc::ReadState::readNext(double,class std::vector<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >,class std::allocator<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > > > &)" (?readNext@ReadState@misc@component@sofa@@QAE_NNAAV?$vector@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@V?$allocator@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@2@@std@@@Z)	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\ReadState.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzclose referenced in function "protected: virtual __thiscall sofa::component::misc::ReadState::~ReadState(void)" (??1ReadState@misc@component@sofa@@MAE@XZ)	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\ReadState.obj
LNK2019	unresolved external symbol _gzopen referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall sofa::component::misc::ReadState::reset(void)" (?reset@ReadState@misc@component@sofa@@UAEXXZ)	SofaLoader	E:\sofa\v15.12\build\SofaCommon\SofaLoader\ReadState.obj

– Michael Cooper

[Fabien]

Did you copy the generated zlib.dll and zlib.lib into the windows dependency folder of your sofa source folder ? (i.e. should something like sofa/v15.12/src/lib/win32 or win64 depending for what arch you build)
Also, did you also copy the zlib.dll into the bin/Debug/ folder where your runSofa.exe is located ?

If you have done both well then I cannot tell you more except that it seems to be a zlib linking issue, and… good luck !

Cheers,
Fabien

[Hugo]

Hi @mtcooper115,

Any progress with your issue Michael?
Thank you Fabien for the reply.

Cheers,

Hugo

[Hugo]

Hi @mtcooper115,

How is it going?
Could you let us know whether the topic is solved.

FYI a new release of SOFA (v16.08) is now available.
Cheers,

Hugo

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