build.py FileNotFoundError [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

[pimhakkert]

Hi, I'm battling this error and I cannot for the life of me understand what I'm doing wrong.

C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-5\addons\gdcef>python build.py
←[32m[INFO] Checking cmake version ...←[00m
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.40.33812 for x64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

win.cc
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.40.33812.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

/out:win.exe
win.obj
[INFO] MS C++ Compiler OK
[INFO] Clone cpp wrapper for Godot 4.2 into C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-5\addons\gdcef\thirdparty\godot-4.2\cpp
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-5\addons\gdcef\build.py", line 521, in <module>
    download_godot_cpp()
  File "C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-5\addons\gdcef\build.py", line 367, in download_godot_cpp
    run(["git", "clone", "--recursive", "-b", GODOT_VERSION,
  File "C:\Users\PTHak\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\subprocess.py", line 548, in run
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\PTHak\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Users\PTHak\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

So far I have tried to:

• Reinstall my VS installation and ensured the proper C++ extensions are added
• Run x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022 in Administrator mode
• Reinstall my python installation
• Ensure path vars are correct for CMake, Scons, and Python
• Ensure all required python packages are installed

I am at my wits end. All I try to do is set up a new Godot project, install gdcef via the internal asset library, start the native tools command prompt in admin mode, and execute build.py in the addon/gdcef directory.

Please let me know if there's anything else I can add for debugging sake. Thank you.

[pimhakkert]

Had a look at the error again after a good night's sleep and I noticed I didn't install git on my windows.

Unfortunately after doing a fresh redownload of the extension I'm still bogged down:

C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-7\addons\gdcef>python build.py
←[32m[INFO] Checking cmake version ...←[00m
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.40.33812 for x64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

win.cc
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.40.33812.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

/out:win.exe
win.obj
[INFO] MS C++ Compiler OK
[INFO] Clone cpp wrapper for Godot 4.2 into C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-7\addons\gdcef\thirdparty\godot-4.2\cpp
Cloning into 'C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-7\addons\gdcef\thirdparty\godot-4.2\cpp'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 10755, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (2429/2429), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (517/517), done.
remote: Total 10755 (delta 2074), reused 2067 (delta 1873), pack-reused 8326
Receiving objects: 100% (10755/10755), 13.57 MiB | 23.40 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (6879/6879), done.
[INFO] Compiling Godot C++ API (inside C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-7\addons\gdcef\thirdparty\godot-4.2\cpp) ...
scons: Reading SConscript files ...
NameError: name 'BoolVariable' is not defined:
  File "C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-7\addons\gdcef\thirdparty\godot-4.2\cpp\SConstruct", line 36:
    cpp_tool.options(opts, env)
  File "C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-7\addons\gdcef\thirdparty\godot-4.2\cpp\tools\godotcpp.py", line 325:
    tool.options(opts)
  File "C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-7\addons\gdcef\thirdparty\godot-4.2\cpp\tools\ios.py", line 24:
    opts.Add(BoolVariable("ios_simulator", "Target iOS Simulator", False))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-7\addons\gdcef\build.py", line 522, in <module>
    compile_godot_cpp()
  File "C:\Users\PTHak\Documents\ui-test-7\addons\gdcef\build.py", line 389, in compile_godot_cpp
    run(SCONS + ["platform=windows", "target=" + GODOT_CPP_TARGET, "use_static_cpp=no",
  File "C:\Users\PTHak\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\subprocess.py", line 571, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['scons', 'platform=windows', 'target=template_release', 'use_static_cpp=no', '--jobs=12']' returned non-zero exit status 2.

[pimhakkert]

Managed to fix this as well. @Lecrapouille Please weigh in on what needs to be done for a permanent fix. I don't think it's anything you can fix, but wanted to double check with you.

The fix

Once the build.py script finishes pulling godot-4.2 I exit the script and open the following files under thirdparty/godot-4.2/cpp/tools:

• windows.py
• ios.py
• linux.py

I add from SCons.Variables import BoolVariable to the imports of these files. For some reason importing * does not work and you need to specifically import BoolVariable. I then re-run build.py and it successfully compiles.

[Lecrapouille]

@pimhakkert thanks for your report ! I know I could add more pre-checks to verify if some tools for the building phase are present on the system (scons ...).

One guy reported an issue with Scons I guess pyhron's scons vs installed Scons see
#9. You can try change this line.

https://github.com/Lecrapouille/gdcef/blob/godot-4.x/addons/gdcef/build.py#L49-L52

and maybe update your scons version

And hack to know: removing the gdcef/addons/gdcef/thirdparty/ folders force, the buid to be redone from all steps and can fix issues if something odd happened during the initial failed step.