ERL-1004: Erlang source code compilation has failed with an ERROR (rc.exe not found!)

[OTP-Maintainer]

Original reporter: badrirameshkumar
Affected version: OTP-21.3
Component: crypto
Migrated from: https://bugs.erlang.org/browse/ERL-1004

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I am compiling the Erlang v21.3 Source code by following the instructions [1].

[1] http://erlang.org/documentation/doc-10.3/doc/installation_guide/INSTALL-WIN32.html

Howeever, *./otp_build boot -a* command gives the below error and compilation has failed. 

Error :
 *make[4]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/d/Erlang/otp-OTP-21.3/erts/emulator'
 GEN    win32/gen_git_version.mk
 CC     obj/win32/opt/smp/erl_main.o
 RC     obj/win32/opt/smp/beams.res
rc.exe not found!
make[4]: *** [win32/Makefile:705: obj/win32/opt/smp/beams.res] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/d/Erlang/otp-OTP-21.3/erts/emulator'
make[3]: *** [/cygdrive/d/Erlang/otp-OTP-21.3/make/run_make.mk:35: opt] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/d/Erlang/otp-OTP-21.3/erts/emulator'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:45: opt] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/d/Erlang/otp-OTP-21.3/erts'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:54: smp] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/d/Erlang/otp-OTP-21.3/erts'
make: *** [Makefile:481: emulator] Error 2* 

Please find the attached complete log file and snapshot for your reference.
Please help me to resolve this issue.

Thanks.

[OTP-Maintainer]

rickard said:

{{rc.exe}} should be part of your build environment. You need to make it available in the path before building.

[OTP-Maintainer]

badrirameshkumar said:

Thanks Rickard for the update

Above issue has been resolved , there was an issue with Visual studio directories.

After that compilation has failed again during this command *./otp_build release –a* with the below error.

*else                                                            \
 if test x = x`grep erts-10.3 "–a/releases/21/installed_application_versions"` ; then \
  echo erts-10.3 >> "–a/releases/21/installed_application_versions" || exit 1;  \
 fi ;                                                           \
fi
make[2]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Erlang/otp-OTP-21.3/erts'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Erlang/otp-OTP-21.3/erts'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 "/cygdrive/c/Erlang/otp-OTP-21.3/OTP_VERSION" "–a/releases/21"
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '–a/releases/21': No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:401: release] Error 1*

Can you please tell me what could be the reason for failure ?

Thank in advance.