how to fix CMake Error in CMakeLists.txt: Generator NMake Makefiles does not support platform specification, but platform x64 was specified

Question

I want to install dlib using pip install dlib using cmd in windows 10 But it is showing following three errors: CMake Error in CMakeLists.txt: Generator

Answer 1

First of all, delete CMakeCache.txt file. Later, just execute inside dlib-xx/build the command below:

cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" ..

If you have more problems with CMAKE_C_COMPILER and CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER, you will have to install MinGW and add to the enviroment variable the path /bin of MinGW.

And if you don't have installed Visual Studio, you would to resolve future problems