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

    NMake Makefiles    does not support platform specification, but platform      x64    was specified.   CMake Error: CMAKE_C_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage CMake Error: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage 

INFORMATION: pip 9.0.1 from d:\python36\lib\site-packages (python 3.6) cmake 0.9.0 windows 10 pro(64-bit) Version: 10.0.16299 Build 16299

Answer 1

I am on windows 10, python 3.5, pip 10
dlib didn't work even after installing cmake. Solution :

• Add cmake into PATH(C:\Program Files\CMake\bin)

• Then install using pip:

  pip install dlib==19.4 

Works like a charm.

Edit:

After windows October update, the above method works, but sometimes there are errors like boost error and cmake incompatible. so,

• Download and install CMake msi
• Add cmake into PATH(C:\Program Files\CMake\bin)
• Restart Windows

• pip install dlib 

  or

  pip install dlib==19.4