CMake could not find any instance of Visual Studio, openvino

Question

Because of avx instruction not available in my cpu, i used copy the cpu_extensionavx2.dll

removing avx2 and copy in the build folder

I had already run setupvars.bat using the command:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\openvino\bin\setupvars.bat"

It is working.

While running cmake by running this command:

"C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" ^
 -G "Visual Studio 14 Win64" ^
 "C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\openvino\deployment_tools\inference_engine\samples"

it throws the following error, even when I changed to visual studio 16 but gave same error:

(base) C:\Users\ra\build>
(base) C:\Users\ra\build> "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" ^
More? -G "Visual Studio 16" ^
More? "C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\openvino\deployment_tools\inferenc
e_engine\samples"
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:7 (project):
 Generator
 Visual Studio 16 2019
 could not find any instance of Visual Studio.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/Users/ra/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

but when I used this command:

 "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" ^
 -G "Visual Studio 20" ^
 "C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\openvino\deployment_tools\inferene_engine\samples"

it throws generator error as:

e_engine\samples" CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:7 (project): Generator

Visual Studio 15 2017

could not find any instance of Visual Studio.

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! See also "C:/Users/ra/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

(base) C:\Users\ra\build> "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" ^
More? -G "Visual Studio 20" ^
More? "C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\openvino\deployment_tools\inferenc
e_engine\samples"
CMake Error: Could not create named generator Visual Studio 20
Generators
 Visual Studio 16 2019 = Generates Visual Studio 2019 project files.
 Use -A option to specify architecture.
 Visual Studio 15 2017 [arch] = Generates Visual Studio 2017 project files.
 Optional [arch] can be "Win64" or "ARM".
 Visual Studio 14 2015 [arch] = Generates Visual Studio 2015 project files.
 Optional [arch] can be "Win64" or "ARM".
 Visual Studio 12 2013 [arch] = Generates Visual Studio 2013 project files.
 Optional [arch] can be "Win64" or "ARM".
 Visual Studio 11 2012 [arch] = Generates Visual Studio 2012 project files.
 Optional [arch] can be "Win64" or "ARM".
 Visual Studio 10 2010 [arch] = Generates Visual Studio 2010 project files.
 Optional [arch] can be "Win64" or "IA64".
 Visual Studio 9 2008 [arch] = Generates Visual Studio 2008 project files.
 Optional [arch] can be "Win64" or "IA64".
 Borland Makefiles = Generates Borland makefiles.
* NMake Makefiles = Generates NMake makefiles.
 NMake Makefiles JOM = Generates JOM makefiles.
 MSYS Makefiles = Generates MSYS makefiles.
 MinGW Makefiles = Generates a make file for use with
 mingw32-make.
 Unix Makefiles = Generates standard UNIX makefiles.
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 (experimental, work-in-progress).
 Ninja = Generates build.ninja files.
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 = Generates Sublime Text 2 project files.
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 = Generates Sublime Text 2 project files.
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 Eclipse CDT4 - NMake Makefiles
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 Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles= Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files.

I am running Windows 7 64-bit, all are installed CMake latest version. Help me.

• Kevin: The error message is pretty clear, do you have an instance of Visual Studio installed on your machine? Also, when calling CMake, you must use a properly-formatted generator name, such as "Visual Studio 16 2019" or "Visual Studio 14 2015". These are also listed in the error message.
• user11585758: I had installed visual studio many times, also written all generator names as possible all giving error ;(
• Kevin: Which version of Visual Studio do you have installed? Did you try running the cmake command from the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt? You can access it from the Windows Start Menu.
• user11585758: just i again downloaded it today, this error i was solving was of that openvino unsupported avx, i done all i am stuck in this error
• user11585758: yeah cmake didnt run in visual studio command prompt

Answer 1

You can build the demos automatically using the bat script:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\openvino_2021\inference_engine\demos\build_demos_msvc.bat"

You can also build them manually if you wish.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\openvino_2021\bin\setupvars.bat"
md build
cd build
cmake -A x64 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\openvino_2021\inference_engine\demos
cmake --build . --config Release

Please ensure your system meets the system requirements and you are using a supported OS. For Windows, only Windows 10 is supported.

Processors

• 6th to 11th generation Intel® CoreTM processors
• List item 1st to 3rd generation of Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors