Fresh Win 10 install link.exe 1181 error

[oliverjanik]

Hello.

Decided to try rust tonight. Can't get even hello world compiled. I tried searching but there's lot's of similar reports and most of them marked as resolved?

C:\Users\Oliver\dev\rust-hello>rustc main.rs
error: linking with `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin\amd64\link.exe` failed: exit code: 1181
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  = note: "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\\VC\\bin\\amd64\\link.exe" "/NOLOGO" "/NXCOMPAT" "/LIBPATH:C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib" "main.main0.rcgu.o" "main.main1.rcgu.o" "main.main2.rcgu.o" "main.main3.rcgu.o" "/OUT:main.exe" "main.crate.allocator.rcgu.o" "/OPT:REF,NOICF" "/DEBUG" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\intrinsic.natvis" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\liballoc.natvis" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\libcore.natvis" "/LIBPATH:C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib" "C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libstd-7448a93a40cf2c3f.rlib" "C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libpanic_unwind-1eb9a4cd8388f802.rlib" "C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libunwind-ffbf31c50cb70f99.rlib" "C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\liblibc-49f242c4944f2f4b.rlib" "C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\liballoc_system-4fc81c8f97d71835.rlib" "C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\liballoc-85d92121f1ed0b0c.rlib" "C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libstd_unicode-63f640f34ce6d9b1.rlib" "C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libcore-e2f4c2f8ebed02cb.rlib" "C:\\Users\\Oliver\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libcompiler_builtins-c4ca9f329f3bf160.rlib" "advapi32.lib" "ws2_32.lib" "userenv.lib" "shell32.lib" "msvcrt.lib"
  = note: LINK : warning LNK4044: unrecognized option '/NATVIS:C:\Users\Oliver\.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\lib\rustlib\etc\intrinsic.natvis'; ignored
          LINK : warning LNK4044: unrecognized option '/NATVIS:C:\Users\Oliver\.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\lib\rustlib\etc\liballoc.natvis'; ignored
          LINK : warning LNK4044: unrecognized option '/NATVIS:C:\Users\Oliver\.rustup\toolchains\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\lib\rustlib\etc\libcore.natvis'; ignored
          LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'advapi32.lib'


error: aborting due to previous error

[retep998]

The warnings about /NATVIS are because the linker from VS 2013 doesn't yet support them, but that should be harmless. I do recommend upgrading of course, but it's not strictly necessary in this case.

The error about being unable to find advapi32.lib is because rustc is able to find link.exe in your PATH but you don't have LIB configured with the Windows SDK library directories, so link.exe is unable to find any of the necessary system libraries such as advapi32.lib. Ensure you have the Windows SDK installed and that your environment variables are configured correctly.

[oliverjanik]

Thanks for the response. Maybe dependencies on windows should be documented in the Getting Started guide?

I sorted my problem by launching VS2017 installer and installing C++ for Desktop Module.

[cuzfrog]

Running VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat solved my env var issue.