Problems building AliceVision v3.2.0 for Win x64

[jpasfol]

Hi all,

I'm trying to build the last version (currently v3.2.0) of AliceVision library for Windows x64. I've encountered an error when building the library with Visual Studio. That's my situation:

• I've CUDA installed, several versions (11.2, 11.6, 12.6 and 12.8). I switch among them by setting the PATH environment variable. I' ve checked this by typing nvcc --version.

• I have Visual Studio Community 2017, 2019 and 2022. Although I have realized that the 2022 version gives me CUDA compatibility problems, so I have ruled it out. Maybe I should use version 2022? But how do I need to configure my system to not to have problems with the OpenCV compilation with CUDA through VCPKG?

• The only combination that has allowed me to compile OPENCV with CUDA is: CUDA 11.2 + VISUAL STUDIO 2019.

• I'm taking into account that, for the compilation of the dependencies with VCPKG and for Alicevision himself, I'm using the Visual Studio terminal: Developer Command Prompt for VS <version>. With this I intend to make sure that all the environment variables are being configured correctly.

• I'm not sure if I should use Visual Studio 2019 because in the instructions for the installation of Alicevision does not mention it ... only Visual 2022 + Powershell,Visual 2022 and Visual 2017.

• With the vcpkg forked of Alicevision cloned with git within the repo itself that I have cloned from Alicevision (\Alicevision\vcpkg\), I have managed to compile all the dependencies with the command:

  vcpkg install boost-algorithm boost-accumulators boost-atomic boost-container boost-date-time boost-exception boost-filesystem boost-geometry boost-graph boost-json boost-log boost-program-options boost-property-tree boost-ptr-container boost-regex boost-serialization boost-system boost-test boost-thread boost-timer lz4 liblemon openexr alembic geogram eigen3 expat flann onnxruntime-gpu opencv[eigen,ffmpeg,webp,contrib,nonfree,cuda] openimageio[libraw,ffmpeg,freetype,opencv,gif,openjpeg,webp] ceres[suitesparse,cxsparse] cuda tbb assimp pcl clp --triplet x64-windows
  

• However, when I launch Cmake to configure the entire Alicevision project from the folder``\AliceVision\build`:

  # Visual Studio 2019
  cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=%VCPKG_ROOT%\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-windows -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -T host=x64
  

  I get the following output:

  ...
  
  -- EIGEN:
  -- CERES: 2.1.0
  -- FLANN:
  -- CLP: 1.16.11
  -- COINUTILS: 2.10.14
  -- OSI: 0.107.9
  -- LEMON:
  
  ...
  

  The thing I see is that cmake is not correctly linking the libraries, although I think it is the way they show the versions...

• Should I modify any CMakeLists.txt to alter the configuration or libraries that must be taken? I have seen that by default: trilean_option(ALICEVISION_USE_OPENCV "Enable use of OpenCV algorithms" OFF), I should turn it ON, I understand that OPENCV is practically a requirement for everything to work.

• However, it doesn't warn me of any error, so I proceed to open the solution generated with Visual Studio 2019, I selected Release x64 and I make a Build of the entire solution. The program compiles but many errors jump, in the following style:

  Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) private: static unsigned int __cdecl boost::log::v2_mt_nt6::attribute_name::get_id_from_string(char const *)" (__imp_?get_id_from_string@attribute_name@v2_mt_nt6@log@boost@@CAIPEBD@Z) referenced in function "private: __cdecl aliceVision::system::Logger::Logger(void)" (??0Logger@system@aliceVision@@AEAA@XZ)	aliceVision_system	C:\Repos\AliceVision\build\src\aliceVision\system\Logger.obj	1
  

  Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: static void __cdecl boost::log::v2_mt_nt6::record_view::public_data::destroy(struct boost::log::v2_mt_nt6::record_view::public_data const *)" (__imp_?destroy@public_data@record_view@v2_mt_nt6@log@boost@@SAXPEBU12345@@Z)	aliceVision_image	C:\Repos\AliceVision\build\src\aliceVision\image\cache.obj	1
  

  Error	C2338	You've instantiated std::aligned_storage<Len, Align> with an extended alignment (in other words, Align > alignof(max_align_t)). Before VS 2017 15.8, the member type would non-conformingly have an alignment of only alignof(max_align_t). VS 2017 15.8 was fixed to handle this correctly, but the fix inherently changes layout and breaks binary compatibility (*only* for uses of aligned_storage with extended alignments). Please define either (1) _ENABLE_EXTENDED_ALIGNED_STORAGE to acknowledge that you understand this message and that you actually want a type with an extended alignment, or (2) _DISABLE_EXTENDED_ALIGNED_STORAGE to silence this message and get the old non-conformant behavior. (compiling source file C:\Repos\AliceVision\src\aliceVision\lightingEstimation\lightingCalibration.cpp)	aliceVision_lightingEstimation	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\include\type_traits	1271
  

• I think the problem is that I'm mixing Visual Studio versions during the dependencies installation.

Please, could anyone describe the compilation flow that I have to follow together with the versions of CUDA, Visual Studio... that I have to dispose? I'm learning and I'm a little confused with what I must to do. Maybe the INSTALL.md is outdated.

Thank you very much in advance.