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

I have just encountered the same problem yesterday and looked up many resources. And at last I solved it by installing Visual Studio 2017, choosing C++-related component, because it needs the C++ compiler to build the dlib.