[VS] Source Build Help
xNightJade opened this issue · comments
What are you trying to do?
I opened the Premake5.sln in VS 2022, I set my path to my scripts and then tried to build it in Debug x64, was I not supposed to do that?
What problem are you having?
My issue is that the binary Premake5 doesn't even open when I click on it, and I don't know how to add it to my PATH if it doesn't open...
What have you tried so far?
I've tried to use where.exe (CMD & Shell failed to locate my nmake.exe) and did a few more steps like trying the previous version but to no avail I still land here..
What version of Premake are you using?
premake5 5.0.0
Anything else we should know?
I can't use this if I can't build it let alone add it to my PATH, some in depth help would be grand!
Premake5 doesn't even open when I click on it
It is a command line tool, so instead of clicking, open a terminal where the exe is and type premake5.exe --help
I set my path to my scripts
Unsure what you mean here...
Do you want to improve/modify premake5, or use it for your project?
For the later, you might just download the executable.
To build it, Bootstrap.bat vs2022 should work.
generated solutions should also work.
This is what I was instructed to do and I was wondering how cause premake5 wasn't operating the way I thought it was supposed to. How exactly would I add it to my sys PATH?
run prebuild script
premake5 vs2022
It should be done in a terminal (You might open it with Win+R cmd or in a system explorer, shift right click, open in a terminal).
An alternative is to create a script you can double click:
run_premake.bat
premake5.exe vs2022
@pause
How exactly would I add it to my sys PATH?
Simpler would be to copy paste premake5.exe near premake5.lua
(as current directory is in PATH by default).
I can't use this if I can't build it
In fact, you can, just download appropriate binaries (even official one or "nightly" ones)
I have successfully fixed my issue. I found my sys PATH and put the premake5 binary into it, then I compiled my project and am able to use it. Thank you for your help!!