SDL2 not found error

[M0HID]

Hi, I’m not sure if this is an issue with my environment but when I follow the instructions to run the example, the debugging fails and throws an error.

Steps to recreate this:

1. Run git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
2. Add the vcpkg folder to the windows environment variable PATH
3. Run the command vcpkg install sdl2 in a new powershell window
4. MSYS-MINGW and cmake are already installed and the test commands in the repo work (cmake --version, gcc --version, g++ --version). sdl2-config --version command fails.
5. Clone the lvgl repo using git clone https://github.com/lvgl/lv_port_pc_vscode
6. Open the simulator.code-workspace file (opens in the Cursor IDE)
7. Install the 2 recommended extensions that pop up (cmake and c/c++ dev tools)
8. A message asking to select a Kit shows up, I selected gcc (msys-mingw)
9. Open the Run and Debug tab and press play
10. The error pops up: Debugging failed with error code 1.

Any help would be appreciated, if I’m missing something that was mentioned in the instructions please do let me know

[AndreCostaaa]

I would need more information about the error you're encountering

Clone the lvgl repo using git clone https://github.com/lvgl/lv_port_pc_vscode

This repository relies on submodules so the correct command when cloning it is:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/lvgl/lv_port_pc_vscode

If you already cloned you can fetch submodules with

git submodule update --init

[M0HID]

Hi thanks, the exact error I'm getting is

[{
	"resource": "/C:/Users/Mohid/lv_port_pc_vscode/CMakeLists.txt",
	"owner": "cmake-configure-diags",
	"severity": 8,
	"message": "CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:56 (find_package):By not providing \"FindSDL2.cmake\" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has\nasked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by \"SDL2\", but\nCMake did not find one.\n\nCould not find a package configuration file provided by \"SDL2\" with any of\nthe following names:\n\n  SDL2Config.cmake\n  sdl2-config.cmake\n\nAdd the installation prefix of \"SDL2\" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set\n\"SDL2_DIR\" to a directory containing one of the above files.  If \"SDL2\"\nprovides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been\ninstalled.",
	"source": "CMake (find_package)",
	"startLineNumber": 56,
	"startColumn": 1,
	"endLineNumber": 56,
	"endColumn": 10000
}]

I've verified sdl2 is installed by running vcpkg install sdl2 and getting the output The following packages are already installed: sdl2:x64-windows@2.32.10

And I've also run the command git submodule update --init to ensure the submodules have been downloaded

[cloud1-cloud2]

My problem is the same as yours. I solved it in the following ways:

1. Choose SDL2 from https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/download/release-2.32.10/SDL2-devel-2.32.10-mingw.zip
2. Add envionment variables to Path. For me, this is E:\Free\SDL\SDL2-2.32.10\x86_64-w64-mingw32\bin

[bingbingbian]

My problem is the same as yours. I flow the readme doc,but get same error with you.

[M0HID]

ok thanks that fixed the compiler issue, now i am pressing debug and it compiles fine but then it opens this on a terminal window and is seemingly stuck doing nothing, and task manager also shows gdb not running. Not sure whats wrong, i installed gdb using the MingW Installation Manager

(output from terminal)
PS C:\Users\Mohid\lv_port_pc_vscode> & 'c:\Users\Mohid.cursor\extensions\anysphere.cpptools-2.0.2-win32-x64\debugAdapters\bin\WindowsDebugLauncher.exe' '--stdin=Microsoft-MIEngine-In-0kcghmfj.bva' '--stdout=Microsoft-MIEngine-Out-anqrmbbh.2lk' '--stderr=Microsoft-MIEngine-Error-wldngptv.vdq' '--pid=Microsoft-MIEngine-Pid-megaieqc.1h4' '--dbgExe=C:\MinGw\bin\gdb.exe' '--interpreter=mi'

[cloud1-cloud2]

I had the same problem as you before. Then I checked the simulator.code-workspace file and i changed the path of gdb to my own in line 93. Later, i push the launch button and then it was normal.
"windows": { "MIMode": "gdb", "miDebuggerPath": "E:\\Free\\MSYS2\\msys64\\ucrt64\\bin\\gdb.exe" }