how to fix CMake Error in CMakeLists.txt: Generator NMake Makefiles does not support platform specification, but platform x64 was specified

Question

I want to install dlib using pip install dlib using cmd in windows 10 But it is showing following three errors: CMake Error in CMakeLists.txt: Generator

Answer 1

I have just encountered the same problem yesterday and looked up many resources. And at last I solved it by installing Visual Studio 2017, choosing C++-related component, because it needs the C++ compiler to build the dlib.

Answer 2

I am on windows 10, python 3.5, pip 10
dlib didn't work even after installing cmake. Solution :

• Add cmake into PATH(C:\Program Files\CMake\bin)

• Then install using pip:

  pip install dlib==19.4
  

Works like a charm.

Edit:

After windows October update, the above method works, but sometimes there are errors like boost error and cmake incompatible. so,

• Download and install CMake msi
• Add cmake into PATH(C:\Program Files\CMake\bin)
• Restart Windows

• pip install dlib
  

  or

  pip install dlib==19.4
  

Answer 3

I had the same problem. Installing dlib from .whl worked.

pip install https://pypi.python.org/packages/da/06/bd3e241c4eb0a662914b3b4875fc52dd176a9db0d4a2c915ac2ad8800e9e/dlib-19.7.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl#md5=b7330a5b2d46420343fbed5df69e6a3f

See this post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/49538054/9524424

Answer 4

I met the same problem with you, and it has been solved after installing Visual Studio C++.

Answer 5

you can also go this link (dlib.whl) and download .whl version of dlib and use this command to install it

pip install .\dlib-19.8.1-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl

but you should replace name of the file in above command with any file that you have downloaded

Answer 6

First of all, delete CMakeCache.txt file. Later, just execute inside dlib-xx/build the command below:

cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" ..

If you have more problems with CMAKE_C_COMPILER and CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER, you will have to install MinGW and add to the enviroment variable the path /bin of MinGW.

And if you don't have installed Visual Studio, you would to resolve future problems