How to resolve "fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'OpenCL.lib'"

[RahulDas-dev]

Hi ,

I was trying one of the example clinfo.rs on my windows 11 , But i am having this error = note: LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'OpenCL.lib'

Here is the full error stack

C:\Users\rdas6\OneDrive\Desktop\codespace\rust\ocl3>cargo install --path .
  Installing ocl3 v0.1.0 (C:\Users\rdas6\OneDrive\Desktop\codespace\rust\ocl3)
    Updating crates.io index
   Compiling ocl3 v0.1.0 (C:\Users\rdas6\OneDrive\Desktop\codespace\rust\ocl3)
error: linking with `link.exe` failed: exit code: 1181
  |
  = note: "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.36.32532\\bin\\HostX64\\x64\\link.exe" "/NOLOGO" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rustcykDZWl\\symbols.o" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\ocl3.ocl3.fa3dac1d2aa4bbe3-cgu.0.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\ocl3.ocl3.fa3dac1d2aa4bbe3-cgu.1.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\ocl3.ocl3.fa3dac1d2aa4bbe3-cgu.2.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\ocl3.ocl3.fa3dac1d2aa4bbe3-cgu.3.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\ocl3.ocl3.fa3dac1d2aa4bbe3-cgu.4.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\ocl3.ocl3.fa3dac1d2aa4bbe3-cgu.5.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\ocl3.ocl3.fa3dac1d2aa4bbe3-cgu.6.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\ocl3.ocl3.fa3dac1d2aa4bbe3-cgu.7.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\ocl3.ocl3.fa3dac1d2aa4bbe3-cgu.8.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\ocl3.ocl3.fa3dac1d2aa4bbe3-cgu.9.rcgu.o" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\ocl3.14ouda9ydpwkuv4x.rcgu.o" "/LIBPATH:C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps" "/LIBPATH:C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\libopencl3-c864fcfe47dd6d5f.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\libcl3-5427efd10e859ad9.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\libopencl_sys-41e47c09cc5fd5e7.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\liblibc-5c446dc1882793e3.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libstd-f54c5a8dc7e7febf.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libpanic_unwind-92f7800729779464.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\librustc_demangle-6da5127b1b379d8e.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libstd_detect-efa74c8d8702db5b.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libhashbrown-e9ed0b4fbfe1d158.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\librustc_std_workspace_alloc-23c6870c75efea7d.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libminiz_oxide-19857ab63c6bf99c.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libadler-0d8b8ed2a2fb22e9.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libunwind-3a3d97b2ce691588.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libcfg_if-60ba5e33f92355d7.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\liblibc-94c0a2e24d7696be.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\liballoc-edd8efb6a2cb3252.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\librustc_std_workspace_core-cb8dd18d30da7a99.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libcore-75c0b134deed8bd9.rlib" "C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\libcompiler_builtins-96d2ffc8ffc7b9b5.rlib" "OpenCL.lib" "OpenCL.lib" "legacy_stdio_definitions.lib" "kernel32.lib" "advapi32.lib" "bcrypt.lib" "kernel32.lib" "ntdll.lib" "userenv.lib" "ws2_32.lib" "kernel32.lib" "msvcrt.lib" "/NXCOMPAT" "/LIBPATH:C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib" "/OUT:C:\\Users\\rdas6\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\codespace\\rust\\ocl3\\target\\release\\deps\\ocl3.exe" "/OPT:REF,ICF" "/DEBUG" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\intrinsic.natvis" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\liballoc.natvis" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\libcore.natvis" "/NATVIS:C:\\Users\\rdas6\\.rustup\\toolchains\\stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\\lib\\rustlib\\etc\\libstd.natvis"
  = note: LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'OpenCL.lib'


error: could not compile `ocl3` (bin "ocl3") due to previous error
error: failed to compile `ocl3 v0.1.0 (C:\Users\rdas6\OneDrive\Desktop\codespace\rust\ocl3)`, intermediate artifacts can be found at `C:\Users\rdas6\OneDrive\Desktop\codespace\rust\ocl3\target`

here is my cargo.toml

[package]
name = "ocl3"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"

# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html

[dependencies]
opencl3 = "0.8"

I am having opencl Compatiable drivers

+ I have downloaded the OpenCL from https://developer.nvidia.com/opencl but not sure where to place the OpenCl.lib

Rust Version

rustc 1.71.0 (8ede3aae2 2023-07-12)

Any assistance or insights on resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[Leikoe]

this worked for me PlasmaPower/nano-vanity#16 (comment)

[Dainerx]

Add LIB as system env variable. It should contain the path of the OpenCL.lib you installed. For my case, on my Windows machine, LIB resolves to C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v12.3\lib\x64

Btw, this issue has nothing to do with this crate.