[native-image] Document the prerequisites for native-image on Windows

[remkop]

The documentation should be updated to clarify the prerequisites for building Windows native images with GraalVM 19.3.

Comments on this ticket indicate that Visual Studio 2017 is required for the Java 11 version of GraalVM 19.3. Is this correct?

With GraalVM 19.2 and older, which were were JDK 8 based, Windows SDK 7.1. with the 2010 Visual C++ Compilers (from KB2519277) were required. Is this still the case for the Java 8 version of GraalVM 19.3?

Update: The more exact version numbers mentioned in this ticket are also useful:

(...) So the plan for the upcoming 19.3 release is to have a JDK 8 based build with MSVC 2010 SP1, and a JDK 11 based build with MSVC 2017 15.5.5.

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It may also be good to provide detailed instructions. For GraalVM 19.2 and older, the following steps were needed to set up:

1. Install Windows SDK 7.1 and C++ Compilers from KB2519277

choco install windows-sdk-7.1 kb2519277

2. From the cmd prompt, activate the sdk-7.1 environment:

call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin\SetEnv.cmd"

With GraalVM 19.2, people had issues getting set up until this was clarified. It would be good to have similar steps for GraalVM 19.3.

[borkdude]

Another question: what should be installed to prevent this error when turning on SSL support in Windows?

LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'stdc++.lib'

[sogaiu]

Here is a link to a repository with a reproduction:

https://github.com/sogaiu/stdcpp-link-error

Should I make another issue?

#1876

[remkop]

Note: #1886 has some details for preparing Command Prompt and PowerShell to use graalvm-java11-19.3.0 native-image with Visual Studio 2019.

[remkop]

To create a native image on Windows with GraalVM 19.3 for Java 11, install Visual Studio 2017 (making sure to include Visual C++ compilers and libraries for ARM64 and Visual C++ tools for CMake). After installation, set up the environment from a Command Prompt with this command:

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"

Then run native-image in that Command Prompt windows.

[sogaiu]

Thanks a lot for this update.

[sogaiu]

For automating in the case of GraalVM 19.3.x with Java 11, the following chocolatey invocation may come in handy:

choco install -y visualstudio2017community --no-progress --package-parameters "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.ARM64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CMake.Project"

I originally used the --version argument, but it appears older versions don't stick around, so I removed it.

[remkop]

This worked well for me for GraalVM 19.3+ with Java 11:

choco install visualstudio2017-workload-vctools

After installation, set up the environment from the cmd prompt with this command:

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"

[sogaiu]

That looks nicer -- may give that a try next time around.

Thanks for sharing!

[famod]

Thanks for sharing the choco command!

Is anyone getting unistd.h errors with this setup (see #1675)?

[olyagpl]

We have included the prerequisites for using Native Image on Windows platform for both Java 11 and Java 8 GraalVM builds: https://www.graalvm.org/docs/reference-manual/native-image/#prerequisites
Thank you for sharing user experience!

[borkdude]

Thanks!

[SuperStarDeveloper]

Hello remkop.

now i have installed windows SDK 7.1 for GraalVM, but I face an issue.
https://prnt.sc/GYTuq2Q0odyO I am not sure how to fix it. I have confirmed about windows SDK 7.1 installation with your method. if you have an experience with it. please give me advice.