Raspberry pico cannot compile due to Nmake error

Question

I was trying setup enviorment to develop some program for new PICO, but only compile one time, after I haved this error:

[main] Building folder: pico-examples 
[build] Starting build
[proc] Executing command: "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE" --build c:/pico/pico-examples/build --config Debug --target blink --
[build] Scanning dependencies of target bs2_default
[build] [  0%] Built target bs2_default
[build] [  0%] Built target bs2_default_padded_checksummed_asm
[build] [  0%] Performing build step for 'ELF2UF2Build'
[build] 
[build] Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.28.29337.0
[build] Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
[build] 
[build] [100%] Built target elf2uf2
[build] [  0%] No install step for 'ELF2UF2Build'
[build] [  0%] Completed 'ELF2UF2Build'
[build] [  0%] Built target ELF2UF2Build
[build] Scanning dependencies of target blink
[build] Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target blink
[build] blink\CMakeFiles\blink.dir\compiler_depend.make(4) : fatal error U1033: syntax error : ':' unexpected
[build] Stop.
[build] NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.28.29333\bin\HostX86\x86\Nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
[build] Stop.
[build] NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.28.29333\bin\HostX86\x86\Nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
[build] Stop.
[build] NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.28.29333\bin\HostX86\x86\Nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
[build] Stop.
[build] Build finished with exit code 2

The blink application that I´m compiling it´s standart example from Raspberry SDK:

#include "pico/stdlib.h"

int main() {
    const uint LED_PIN = 25;
    gpio_init(LED_PIN);
    gpio_set_dir(LED_PIN, GPIO_OUT);
    while (true) {
        gpio_put(LED_PIN, 1);
        sleep_ms(250);
        gpio_put(LED_PIN, 0);
        sleep_ms(250);
    }
}

I´ve installed VS code already and after installed VS 2019 for this PICO. I followed step by step the documentation from Raspberry(getting started with Raspberry PICO). Also started by Command prompt from VS2019.

I have tried to install separetlly last Windows SDK, also I reinstalled Visual Studio. but still same.

Someone can help me on this topic? I cant sleep with this issue :(

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C\:\pico\pico-sdk\src\rp2_common\pico_stdio_uart\stdio_uart.c:

C\:\pico\pico-sdk\src\rp2_common\pico_bootrom\bootrom.c:

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Thanks in advance. Best regards

Answer 1

Uninstall the current CMAKE version nd install the version 3.20 from here: https://cmake.org/files/v3.20/

Do not forget to add CMAKE to path

Answer 2

Here's the already mentionned solution (deleting the contents of /build) as a rebuild DOS command for those not too savvy with it. Run it from the build folder.

del /q /s * && cmake .. -G "NMake Makefiles" && nmake

Answer 3

I have had the same problem myself trying to compile in VS Code, the first pass works fine any recompiles fail with the same error.

The cause of the error are the compiler_depend.make files containing incorrectly escaped paths. It is trying to escape the : after the Windows drive letter. It does not do this though to the first entry in each section though that entry is duplicated with the incorrect path as the second entry in each section.

For example

blink\CMakeFiles\blink.dir\D_\projects\pico\pico-sdk\src\common\pico_sync\critical_section.c.obj: D\:\projects\pico\pico-sdk\src\common\pico_sync\critical_section.c

Should be

blink\CMakeFiles\blink.dir\D_\projects\pico\pico-sdk\src\common\pico_sync\critical_section.c.obj: D:\projects\pico\pico-sdk\src\common\pico_sync\critical_section.c

The current quick fix I have so far is to a replace "\:" with ":" in all compiler_depend.make files

Answer 4

Okey, solution was erease the content from autogenerated file, save file and build again...,

After several builds error appear again, and same procedure was success :D

Thanks all that tried to helped me if knows about root issue will be great!