Openalpr: Error: Build a release build for x64 targeting toolchain v140

Created on 29 Dec 2015 · 5Comments · Source: openalpr/openalpr

I'm trying to install openalpr in Windows 10 (x64) laptop. I needed to change the toolchain to v140 because I have installed Visual Studio 2015 with PlatformToolset v140. Then when I compile it's perfect, expect for one thing that exit with an error: it can't find libtesseract.vcxproj.

Here is the message log of the error:

Get-Content : Cannot find path
'C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\tesseract-ocr\src\vs2010\libtesseract\libtesseract.vcxproj' because it does not exist.
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:264 char:16
+     $Content = Get-Content $Project
+                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\openalpr\ope...sseract.vcxproj:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand

Exception calling "LoadXml" with "1" argument(s): "Root element is missing."
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:266 char:5
+     $Xml.LoadXml($Content)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:272 char:5
+     $Nodes = $Root.SelectNodes($Xpath, $NamespaceManager)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:274 char:5
+     $Properties = @{
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Get-Content : Cannot find path 
'C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\tesseract-ocr\src\vs2010\libtesseract\libtesseract.vcxproj' because it does not exist.
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:264 char:16
+     $Content = Get-Content $Project
+                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\openalpr\ope...sseract.vcxproj:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand

Exception calling "LoadXml" with "1" argument(s): "Root element is missing."
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:266 char:5
+     $Xml.LoadXml($Content)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:272 char:5
+     $Nodes = $Root.SelectNodes($Xpath, $NamespaceManager)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:274 char:5
+     $Properties = @{
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Get-Content : Cannot find path 
'C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\tesseract-ocr\src\vs2010\libtesseract\libtesseract.vcxproj' because it does not exist.
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:264 char:16
+     $Content = Get-Content $Project
+                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\openalpr\ope...sseract.vcxproj:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand

Exception calling "LoadXml" with "1" argument(s): "Root element is missing."
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:266 char:5
+     $Xml.LoadXml($Content)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:272 char:5
+     $Nodes = $Root.SelectNodes($Xpath, $NamespaceManager)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:274 char:5
+     $Properties = @{
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Then seems it finish that part and my PowerShell do this:

MSBUILD : error MSB1009: Project file does not exist.
Switch: C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\tesseract-ocr\src\vs2010\libtesseract\libtesseract.vcxproj

Die : C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\msbuild.exe returned a non-zero exit code
At C:\openalpr\openalpr\windows\build.ps1:194 char:9
+         Die ("{0} returned a non-zero exit code" -f $Filename)
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Die

So I need to solve this issue (both of them depends on that file. I already checked that tesseract is installed (that was my first idea).

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