Need help with building OSGEarth on Win11 x64 using MSVC 2019

[AhmedAredah]

I am getting the osg.dll file is corrupt eventhough i built it multiple times with no errors. Here is the verbose of the build error: Would appreciate any help

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cmake --build build --target INSTALL --config Release --verbose
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.11.2+f32259642 for .NET Framework
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Build started 3/14/2024 12:38:18 PM.
Project "D:\dev\build\INSTALL.vcxproj" on node 1 (default targets).
Project "D:\dev\build\INSTALL.vcxproj" (1) is building "D:\dev\build\ZERO_CHECK.proj" (2) on node 1 (default targets).
Build:
Skipping target "Build" because all output files are up-to-date with respect to the input files.
Done Building Project "D:\dev\build\ZERO_CHECK.proj" (default targets).

Project "D:\dev\build\INSTALL.vcxproj" (1) is building "D:\dev\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" (3) on node 1 (default targets).
Project "D:\dev\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" (3) is building "D:\dev\build\src\osgEarthDrivers\earth\osgdb_earth.vcxproj" (4) on node 1 (default targets).
Project "D:\dev\build\src\osgEarthDrivers\earth\osgdb_earth.vcxproj" (4) is building "D:\dev\build\src\osgEarth\osgEarth.vcxproj" (5) on node 1 (default targets).
InitializeBuildStatus:
Touching "osgEarth.dir\Release\osgEarth.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild".
CustomBuild:
All outputs are up-to-date.
ClCompile:
All outputs are up-to-date.
Link:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX64\x64\link.exe /ERRORREPORT:QUEUE /OUT:"D:\dev\build\lib\Release\osgEarth.dll" /INCREMENTAL:NO /NOLOGO /LIB
PATH:D:/dev/build/lib /LIBPATH:D:/dev/build/lib/Release "C:\Program Files\spdlog\lib\spdlog.lib" C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Library\lib\sqlite3.lib C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Library\lib\blosc.lib ws2_32.lib winm
m.lib wldap32.lib psapi.lib "C:\Program Files\OpenSceneGraph\bin\osg202-osg.dll" C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Library\lib\libcurl.lib "C:\Program Files\gdal\lib\gdal.lib" opengl32.lib glu32.lib "C:\Program Files
OpenSceneGraph\lib\ot21-OpenThreads.lib" kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib /MANIFEST /MANIFESTUAC:"level='asInvoker' uiAccess
='false'" /manifest:embed /PDB:"D:/dev/build/lib/Release/osgEarth.pdb" /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /TLBID:1 /DYNAMICBASE /NXCOMPAT /IMPLIB:"D:/dev/build/lib/Release/osgEarth.lib" /MACHINE:X64 /machine:x64 /DLL osgEar
th.dir\Release\tinystr.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\tinyxml.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\tinyxmlerror.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\tinyxmlparser.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\AltitudeFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\AltitudeSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\AnnotationData.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\AnnotationLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\AnnotationNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\AnnotationRegistry.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\AnnotationSettings.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\AnnotationUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ArcGISServer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ArcGISTilePackage.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\AtlasBuilder.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\AttributesFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\AutoClipPlaneHandler.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\BboxDrawable.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\BBoxSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\BillboardResource.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\BillboardSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Bing.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Bounds.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\BufferFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\BuildGeometryFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\BuildTextFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Cache.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CacheBin.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CachePolicy.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CacheSeed.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Callouts.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CameraUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Capabilities.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CascadeDrapingDecorator.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CentroidFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CesiumIon.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Chonk.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CircleNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ClampableNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ClampCallback.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Clamping.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ClampingTechnique.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ClipSpace.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ClusterNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Color.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ColorFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Composite.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CompositeTiledModelLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Compressors.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Config.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ContourMap.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Controls.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ConvertTypeFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CoverageLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CoverageSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CropFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CssUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Cube.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\CullingUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\DateTime.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\DateTimeRange.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\DebugImageLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\DecalLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\DepthOffset.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Draggers.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\DrapeableNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\DrapingCullSet.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\DrapingTechnique.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\DrawInstanced.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\EarthManipulator.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ECEF.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Elevation.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ElevationLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ElevationLOD.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ElevationPool.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ElevationQuery.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ElevationRanges.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\EllipseNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Ellipsoid.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Ephemeris.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ExampleResources.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Expression.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Extension.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ExtrudeGeometryFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ExtrusionSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FadeEffect.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Feature.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FeatureCursor.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FeatureDisplayLayout.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FeatureElevationLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FeatureImageLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FeatureModelGraph.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FeatureModelLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FeatureModelSource.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FeatureNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FeatureRasterizer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FeatureSDFLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FeatureSource.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FeatureSourceIndexNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FileGDBFeatureSource.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FileUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Fill.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Filter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FilterContext.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FlatteningLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FractalElevationLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\FrameClock.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GARSGraticule.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GDAL.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GDALDEM.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeoData.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeodeticGraticule.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeodeticLabelingEngine.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Geoid.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeoMath.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Geometry.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeometryClamper.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeometryCloud.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeometryCompiler.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeometryFactory.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeometryRasterizer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeometryUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeoPositionNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeoPositionNodeAutoScaler.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GEOS.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GeoTransform.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GLSLChunker.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GLUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\GraticuleLabelingEngine.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\HeightFieldUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Horizon.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\HorizonClipPlane.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\HTM.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\HTTPClient.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\IconResource.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\IconSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ImageLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ImageMosaic.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ImageOverlay.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ImageOverlayEditor.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ImageToFeatureLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ImageToHeightFieldConverter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ImageUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\InstanceBuilder.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\InstanceCloud.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\InstanceResource.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\InstanceSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\IntersectionPicker.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\IOTypes.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\JoinPointsLinesFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\JsonUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\LabelNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\LandCover.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\LandCoverLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\LatLongFormatter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Layer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\LayerShader.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Lighting.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\LinearLineOfSight.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\LineDrawable.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\LineSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\LocalGeometryNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\LocalTangentPlane.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\LogarithmicDepthBuffer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Map.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MapboxGLGlyphManager.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MapboxGLImageLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MapCallback.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MapNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MaterialLoader.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Math.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MBTiles.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MeasureTool.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MemCache.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Memory.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MeshConsolidator.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MeshFlattener.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MeshSubdivider.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MetadataNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MetaTile.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Metrics.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MGRSFormatter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MGRSGraticule.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ModelLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ModelNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ModelResource.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ModelSource.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ModelSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\MVT.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\NetworkMonitor.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\NodeUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\NoiseTextureFactory.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Notify.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ObjectIDPicker.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ObjectIndex.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\OGRFeatureSource.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\OgrUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\OverlayDecorator.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\PagedNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\PatchLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\PhongLightingEffect.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\PlaceNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\PointDrawable.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\PointSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\PolygonizeLines.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\PolygonSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\PowerlineLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\PrimitiveIntersector.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Profile.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Progress.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Query.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\RadialLineOfSight.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Random.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\RectangleNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Registry.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\RenderSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ResampleFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Resource.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ResourceCache.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ResourceLibrary.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Revisioning.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\RTTPicker.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ScaleFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ScatterFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\SceneGraphCallback.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ScreenSpaceLayout.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ScriptEngine.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ScriptFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\SDF.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\SelectExtentTool.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Session.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ShaderFactory.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ShaderGenerator.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ShaderLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ShaderLoader.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ShaderMerger.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ShaderUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Shadowing.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\SimpleOceanLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\SimplePager.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\SimplexNoise.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Skins.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Sky.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\SkyView.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\SpatialReference.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\StateSetCache.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Status.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\StringUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Stroke.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Style.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\StyleSelector.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\StyleSheet.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\SubstituteModelFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Symbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TDTiles.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Terrain.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TerrainConstraintLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TerrainEngineNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TerrainMeshLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TerrainOptions.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TerrainProfile.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TerrainResources.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TerrainTileModel.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TerrainTileModelFactory.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TessellateOperator.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Tessellator.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Text.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TextSymbol.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TextSymbolizer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TextureArena.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TextureBuffer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TextureBufferSerializer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TFS.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TFSPackager.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Threading.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ThreeDTilesLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileCache.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TiledFeatureModelLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TiledModelLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileEstimator.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileHandler.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileIndex.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileIndexBuilder.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileKey.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileMesher.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileRasterizer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileSource.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileSourceElevationLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileSourceImageLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TileVisitor.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TimeControl.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TimeSeriesImage.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TMS.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TMSBackFiller.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TopologyGraph.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TrackNode.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\TransformFilter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Units.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\URI.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Utils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\UTMGraticule.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\UTMLabelingEngine.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Version.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\VerticalDatum.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\VideoLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\ViewFitter.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\Viewpoint.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\VirtualProgram.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\VisibleLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\WFS.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\WindLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\WireLines.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\WMS.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\XmlUtils.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\XYZ.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\XYZFeatureSource.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\XYZModelLayer.obj
osgEarth.dir\Release\AutoGenShaders.obj
C:\Program Files\OpenSceneGraph\bin\osg202-osg.dll : fatal error LNK1107: invalid or corrupt file: cannot read at 0x300 [D:\dev\build\src\osgEarth\osgEarth.vcxproj]
Done Building Project "D:\dev\build\src\osgEarth\osgEarth.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Done Building Project "D:\dev\build\src\osgEarthDrivers\earth\osgdb_earth.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Done Building Project "D:\dev\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Done Building Project "D:\dev\build\INSTALL.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Build FAILED.

"D:\dev\build\INSTALL.vcxproj" (default target) (1) ->
"D:\dev\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" (default target) (3) ->
"D:\dev\build\src\osgEarthDrivers\earth\osgdb_earth.vcxproj" (default target) (4) ->
"D:\dev\build\src\osgEarth\osgEarth.vcxproj" (default target) (5) ->
(Link target) ->
C:\Program Files\OpenSceneGraph\bin\osg202-osg.dll : fatal error LNK1107: invalid or corrupt file: cannot read at 0x300 [D:\dev\build\src\osgEarth\osgEarth.vcxproj]

0 Warning(s)
1 Error(s)

`

[plevy]

In cmake, does your OSG_LIBRARY point to osg.dll or osg.lib?

[AhmedAredah]

Hey @plevy: thank you for your patience.

I was doing a rebuild and I received the same issue. It seems I cannot solve this problem again.
Here is the error line:

C:\Program Files\OpenSceneGraph\bin\osg202-osg.dll : fatal error LNK1107: invalid or corrupt file: cannot read at 0x308
 [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_3pv\application_osgearth_3pv.vcxproj]

and the cmakeCache file is pointing to the osg202-osg.dll
I tried to change it manually but it doesnt accept it

here is my cmake config command:

cmake -S osgearth -B build -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWIN32_USE_MP=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="C:\Program Files\OSGEarth" -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=D:\dev\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake -DGDAL_INCLUDE_DIR="C:/Program Files/gdal/include" -DGDAL_LIBRARY="C:/Program Files/gdal/lib/gdal.lib" -DOSG_LIBRARY="C:\Program Files\OpenSceneGraph\lib\osg.lib" -DOSGDB_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgDB.lib" -DOSGMANIPULATOR_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgManipulator.lib" -DOSGDB_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgDBd.lib" -DOSGGA_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgGA.lib" -DOSG_GEN_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/include" -DOSGTEXT_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgTextd.lib" -DOSGUTIL_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgUtil.lib" -DOSGMANIPULATOR_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgManipulatord.lib" -DGEOS_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/GEOS/lib/geos_cd.lib" -DOSGSHADOW_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgShadowd.lib" -DOSGUTIL_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgUtild.lib" -DOSGSIM_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgSimd.lib" -DOSGVIEWER_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgViewer.lib" -DOSGVIEWER_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgViewer.lib" -DOSGSIM_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgSim.lib" -DOSGTEXT_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgText.lib" -DOSGVIEWER_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgViewerd.lib" -DOSGGA_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgGA.lib" -DOSGTEXT_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgTextd.lib" -DOSGUTIL_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgUtil.lib" -DOSGMANIPULATOR_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgManipulatord.lib" -DOSGDB_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgDBd.lib" -DOSG_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osg.lib" -DOSGMANIPULATOR_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgManipulator.lib" -DOSGDB_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgDB.lib" -DOSGSHADOW_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/lib/osgShadow.lib" -DOSGEARTH_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL="0" -DOSGEARTH_BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL="1"

and attached is the cachefile: CMakeCache.txt

Note: The OSG Library is built as a dynamic library.

[AhmedAredah]

I also tried building the OSG as a static library but the plugins are also static and while building OSGEarth it gave errors in loading the dlls (because they dnt exist).

I would appreciate any help.

below is part of the error that I believe is because of the incorrect linking

osgearth_annotation.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl osgEarth::ConfigOptions::ConfigOptions(class osgEarth::Config const &)" (__imp_??0ConfigOptions@osgEart
h@@QEAA@AEBVConfig@1@@Z) referenced in function main [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(SimplePager.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl osg::Node::addCullCallback(class osg::Callback *)" (__imp_?addCullCallback@Node@osg@@QEAAXPE
AVCallback@2@@Z) referenced in function "int `protected: class osg::ref_ptr<class osg::Node> __cdecl osgEarth::Util::SimplePager::createPagedNode(class Util::TileKey const &,class Util::ProgressCallback *)'::`1
'::dtor$45" (?dtor$45@?0??createPagedNode@SimplePager@Util@osgEarth@@IEAA?AV?$ref_ptr@VNode@osg@@@osg@@AEBVTileKey@3@PEAVProgressCallback@3@@Z@4HA) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application
_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(PolygonizeLines.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl osg::Node::addCullCallback(class osg::Callback *)" (__imp_?addCullCallback@Node@osg@@QEA
AXPEAVCallback@2@@Z) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(MapNode.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl osg::Node::addCullCallback(class osg::Callback *)" (__imp_?addCullCallback@Node@osg@@QEAAXPEAVCa
llback@2@@Z) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(CullingUtils.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl osg::Node::addCullCallback(class osg::Callback *)" (__imp_?addCullCallback@Node@osg@@QEAAXP
EAVCallback@2@@Z) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(VisibleLayer.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl osg::Node::addCullCallback(class osg::Callback *)" (__imp_?addCullCallback@Node@osg@@QEAAXP
EAVCallback@2@@Z) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(Lighting.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl osg::Node::addCullCallback(class osg::Callback *)" (__imp_?addCullCallback@Node@osg@@QEAAXPEAVC
allback@2@@Z) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgearth_annotation.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl osg::Node::addCullCallback(class osg::Callback *)" (__imp_?addCullCallback@Node@osg@@QEAAXPEAVCall
back@2@@Z) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(AnnotationNode.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl osg::Node::addCullCallback(class osg::Callback *)" (__imp_?addCullCallback@Node@osg@@QEAA
XPEAVCallback@2@@Z) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(GeoPositionNode.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl osg::Node::addCullCallback(class osg::Callback *)" (__imp_?addCullCallback@Node@osg@@QEA
AXPEAVCallback@2@@Z) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(ModelNode.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl osg::Node::addCullCallback(class osg::Callback *)" (__imp_?addCullCallback@Node@osg@@QEAAXPEAV
Callback@2@@Z) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgearth_annotation.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl osgEarth::Geometry::push_back(class osg::Vec3d const &)" (__imp_?push_back@Geometry@osgEarth@@QEAA
XAEBVVec3d@osg@@@Z) referenced in function main [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgearth_annotation.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl osgEarth::Geometry::push_back(double,double)" (__imp_?push_back@Geometry@osgEarth@@QEAAXNN@Z) refe
renced in function main [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgearth_annotation.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl osgEarth::LineString::LineString(int)" (__imp_??0LineString@osgEarth@@QEAA@H@Z) referenced in function
main [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgearth_annotation.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: virtual __cdecl osgEarth::LineString::~LineString(void)" (__imp_??1LineString@osgEarth@@UEAA@XZ) referenced in
function "public: virtual void * __cdecl osgEarth::LineString::`scalar deleting destructor'(unsigned int)" (??_GLineString@osgEarth@@UEAAPEAXI@Z) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_o
sgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgearth_annotation.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl osgEarth::Polygon::Polygon(int)" (__imp_??0Polygon@osgEarth@@QEAA@H@Z) referenced in function main [D:\
dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgearth_annotation.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: virtual __cdecl osgEarth::Polygon::~Polygon(void)" (__imp_??1Polygon@osgEarth@@UEAA@XZ) referenced in function
"public: virtual void * __cdecl osgEarth::Polygon::`scalar deleting destructor'(unsigned int)" (??_GPolygon@osgEarth@@UEAAPEAXI@Z) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotat
ion.vcxproj]
osgearth_annotation.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl osg::ArgumentParser::~ArgumentParser(void)" (__imp_??1ArgumentParser@osg@@QEAA@XZ) referenced in functi
on main [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(OverlayDecorator.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: class osgDB::Options * __cdecl osgDB::Registry::getOptions(void)" (__imp_?getOptions@Registry@osgDB@
@QEAAPEAVOptions@2@XZ) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgearth_annotation.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: class osgDB::Options * __cdecl osgDB::Registry::getOptions(void)" (__imp_?getOptions@Registry@osgDB@@QEAAPEAVOp
tions@2@XZ) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(VerticalDatum.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: class osgDB::Options * __cdecl osgDB::Registry::getOptions(void)" (__imp_?getOptions@Registry@osgDB@@QE
AAPEAVOptions@2@XZ) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(CascadeDrapingDecorator.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: class osgDB::Options * __cdecl osgDB::Registry::getOptions(void)" (__imp_?getOptions@Registry
@osgDB@@QEAAPEAVOptions@2@XZ) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgEarth.lib(TerrainEngineNode.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: class osgDB::Options * __cdecl osgDB::Registry::getOptions(void)" (__imp_?getOptions@Registry@osgDB
@@QEAAPEAVOptions@2@XZ) [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgearth_annotation.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: struct osgEarth::Color & __cdecl osgEarth::Color::operator=(struct osgEarth::Color const &)" (__imp_??4Color@os
gEarth@@QEAAAEAU01@AEBU01@@Z) referenced in function main [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]
osgearth_annotation.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: static class osgEarth::MapNode * __cdecl osgEarth::MapNode::get(class osg::ref_ptr<class osg::Node> &,unsigned
int)" (__imp_?get@MapNode@osgEarth@@SAPEAV12@AEAV?$ref_ptr@VNode@osg@@@osg@@I@Z) referenced in function main [D:\dev\build\src\applications\osgearth_annotation\application_osgearth_annotation.vcxproj]

Thank you.

[AhmedAredah]

I also tried to build with shared libraries:

cmake -S osgearth -B build -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWIN32_USE_MP=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="C:\Program Files\OSGEarth" -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=D:\dev\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake -DGDAL_INCLUDE_DIR="C:/Program Files/gdal/include" -DGDAL_LIBRARY="C:/Program Files/gdal/bin/osg202-osg.dll" -DOSG_LIBRARY="C:\Program Files\OpenSceneGraph\bin\osg202-osg.dll" -DOSGDB_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgDB.dll" -DOSGMANIPULATOR_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgManipulator.dll" -DOSGDB_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgDBd.dll" -DOSGGA_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgGA.dll" -DOSG_GEN_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/include" -DOSGTEXT_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgTextd.dll" -DGEOS_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/GEOS/bin/geos_cd.dll" -DOSGSHADOW_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgShadowd.dll" -DOSGUTIL_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgUtild.dll" -DOSGSIM_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgSimd.dll" -DOSGVIEWER_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgViewer.dll" -DOSGSIM_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgSim.dll" -DOSGTEXT_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgText.dll" -DOSGVIEWER_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgViewerd.dll" -DOSGUTIL_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgUtil.dll" -DOSGMANIPULATOR_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgManipulatord.dll" -DOSG_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osg.dll" -DOSGSHADOW_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="C:/Program Files/OpenSceneGraph/bin/osg202-osgShadow.dll" -DOSGEARTH_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL="1" -DOSGEARTH_BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL="1"

but gave this error again:
C:\Program Files\OpenSceneGraph\bin\osg202-osg.dll : fatal error LNK1107: invalid or corrupt file: cannot read at 0x308 [D:\dev\build\src\osgEarth\osgEarth.vcxproj]

cmakeCacheFile:
CMakeCache.txt

[kahlenberg]

Are you using Visual Studio?
You need to set Additional Library Directories in Configuration Properties -> Linker -> General, and you need to put dependencies in Additional Dependencies in Configuration Properties -> Linker -> Input (i.e. osg.lib, osgDB.lib ...)

[plevy]

Have you tried building all the dependencies with vcpkg?
https://docs.osgearth.org/en/latest/build.html