CUDA compiler is unable to compile a simple test program

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I am trying to get NVIDIA's CUDA setup and installed on my PC which has an NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 SUPER graphics card. After hours of trying different things and lots of research I have gotten CUDA to work using the Command Prompt, though trying to use CUDA in CLion will not work.

Using

nvcc main.cu -o build.exe

From the command line generates the executable and I can run it on the GPU, however I have the following error when trying to use CLion:

I believe this is the relevant part, however there is more if that is required

-- The CUDA compiler identification is unknown
-- Check for working CUDA compiler: C:/Program Files/NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit/CUDA/v11.0/bin/nvcc.exe
-- Check for working CUDA compiler: C:/Program Files/NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit/CUDA/v11.0/bin/nvcc.exe -- broken
CMake Error at C:/Users/penci/AppData/Local/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/CLion/ch-0/201.7846.88/bin/cmake/win/share/cmake-3.16/Modules/CMakeTestCUDACompiler.cmake:46 (message):
  The CUDA compiler

    "C:/Program Files/NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit/CUDA/v11.0/bin/nvcc.exe"

  is not able to compile a simple test program.

  It fails with the following output:

    Change Dir: C:/Users/penci/OneDrive/Desktop/Code/C-Cpp/CUDA PLEASE/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
    
    Run Build Command(s):nmake /nologo cmTC_03473\fast &&   "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.26.28801\bin\HostX86\x86\nmake.exe" -f CMakeFiles\cmTC_03473.dir\build.make /nologo -L                  CMakeFiles\cmTC_03473.dir\build
    Building CUDA object CMakeFiles/cmTC_03473.dir/main.cu.obj
        C:\PROGRA~1\NVIDIA~2\CUDA\v11.0\bin\nvcc.exe     -x cu -c "C:\Users\penci\OneDrive\Desktop\Code\C-Cpp\CUDA PLEASE\cmake-build-debug\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\main.cu" -o CMakeFiles\cmTC_03473.dir\main.cu.obj

Thanks for any help!

============================== EDIT 1 =============================

Here is the full output from CLion (It is using a different project too but it is still the exact same output)

C:\Users\penci\AppData\Local\JetBrains\CLion2020.1\cygwin_cmake\bin\cmake.exe -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" /cygdrive/c/Users/penci/OneDrive/Desktop/Code/C-Cpp/CUDA_TEST
-- The CUDA compiler identification is NVIDIA 11.0.194
-- Check for working CUDA compiler: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit/CUDA/v11.0/bin/nvcc.exe
-- Check for working CUDA compiler: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit/CUDA/v11.0/bin/nvcc.exe -- broken
CMake Error at /cygdrive/c/Users/penci/AppData/Local/JetBrains/CLion2020.1/cygwin_cmake/share/cmake-3.16.5/Modules/CMakeTestCUDACompiler.cmake:46 (message):
  The CUDA compiler

    "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit/CUDA/v11.0/bin/nvcc.exe"

  is not able to compile a simple test program.

  It fails with the following output:

    Change Dir: /cygdrive/c/Users/penci/OneDrive/Desktop/Code/C-Cpp/CUDA_TEST/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
    
    Run Build Command(s):/usr/bin/make.exe cmTC_03d85/fast && /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_03d85.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_03d85.dir/build
    make[1]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/penci/OneDrive/Desktop/Code/C-Cpp/CUDA_TEST/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
    Building CUDA object CMakeFiles/cmTC_03d85.dir/main.cu.o
    "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit/CUDA/v11.0/bin/nvcc.exe"     -x cu -c /cygdrive/c/Users/penci/OneDrive/Desktop/Code/C-Cpp/CUDA_TEST/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/main.cu -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_03d85.dir/main.cu.o
    c1xx: fatal error C1083: Cannot open source file: 'C:/cygdrive/c/Users/penci/OneDrive/Desktop/Code/C-Cpp/CUDA_TEST/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/main.cu': No such file or directory
    main.cu
    make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTC_03d85.dir/build.make:66: CMakeFiles/cmTC_03d85.dir/main.cu.o] Error 2
    make[1]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/penci/OneDrive/Desktop/Code/C-Cpp/CUDA_TEST/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
    make: *** [Makefile:121: cmTC_03d85/fast] Error 2
    
    

  

  CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:2 (project)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/cygdrive/c/Users/penci/OneDrive/Desktop/Code/C-Cpp/CUDA_TEST/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/cygdrive/c/Users/penci/OneDrive/Desktop/Code/C-Cpp/CUDA_TEST/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

[Finished]

=============================== EDIT 2 ===============================

After switching to MSVC 2017 and Visual Studio toolchain I now get a slightly different error:

C:\Users\penci\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\apps\CLion\ch-0\201.7846.88\bin\cmake\win\bin\cmake.exe -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -G "CodeBlocks - NMake Makefiles" C:\Users\penci\OneDrive\Desktop\Code\C-Cpp\CUDA_TEST
-- The CUDA compiler identification is NVIDIA 11.0.194
-- Check for working CUDA compiler: C:/Program Files/NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit/CUDA/v11.0/bin/nvcc.exe
-- Check for working CUDA compiler: C:/Program Files/NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit/CUDA/v11.0/bin/nvcc.exe -- broken
CMake Error at C:/Users/penci/AppData/Local/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/CLion/ch-0/201.7846.88/bin/cmake/win/share/cmake-3.16/Modules/CMakeTestCUDACompiler.cmake:46 (message):
  The CUDA compiler

    "C:/Program Files/NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit/CUDA/v11.0/bin/nvcc.exe"

  is not able to compile a simple test program.

  It fails with the following output:

    Change Dir: C:/Users/penci/OneDrive/Desktop/Code/C-Cpp/CUDA_TEST/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
    
    Run Build Command(s):nmake /nologo cmTC_23e94\fast &&   "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\HostX64\x64\nmake.exe" -f CMakeFiles\cmTC_23e94.dir\build.make /nologo -L                  CMakeFiles\cmTC_23e94.dir\build
    Building CUDA object CMakeFiles/cmTC_23e94.dir/main.cu.obj
        C:\PROGRA~1\NVIDIA~2\CUDA\v11.0\bin\nvcc.exe    -D_WINDOWS -Xcompiler=" /GR /EHsc"  -Xcompiler="-Zi -Ob0 -Od /RTC1" -Xcompiler=-MDd -x cu -c C:\Users\penci\OneDrive\Desktop\Code\C-Cpp\CUDA_TEST\cmake-build-debug\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\main.cu -o CMakeFiles\cmTC_23e94.dir\main.cu.obj -Xcompiler=-FdCMakeFiles\cmTC_23e94.dir\,-FS
    main.cu
    Linking CUDA executable cmTC_23e94.exe
        C:\Users\penci\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\apps\CLion\ch-0\201.7846.88\bin\cmake\win\bin\cmake.exe -E vs_link_exe --intdir=CMakeFiles\cmTC_23e94.dir --rc=C:\PROGRA~2\WI3CF2~1\10\bin\100177~1.0\x64\rc.exe --mt=C:\PROGRA~2\WI3CF2~1\10\bin\100177~1.0\x64\mt.exe --manifests  -- C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\2017\COMMUN~1\VC\Tools\MSVC\1416~1.270\bin\Hostx64\x64\link.exe /nologo "CMakeFiles\cmTC_23e94.dir\main.cu.obj"  @C:\Users\penci\AppData\Local\Temp\nmD0E.tmp
    LINK Pass 1: command "C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\2017\COMMUN~1\VC\Tools\MSVC\1416~1.270\bin\Hostx64\x64\link.exe /nologo CMakeFiles\cmTC_23e94.dir\main.cu.obj /out:cmTC_23e94.exe /implib:cmTC_23e94.lib /pdb:C:\Users\penci\OneDrive\Desktop\Code\C-Cpp\CUDA_TEST\cmake-build-debug\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTC_23e94.pdb /version:0.0 /debug /INCREMENTAL /subsystem:console kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib -LIBPATH:C:/Program Files/NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit/CUDA/v11.0/lib/x64 cudadevrt.lib cudart_static.lib /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:CMakeFiles\cmTC_23e94.dir/intermediate.manifest CMakeFiles\cmTC_23e94.dir/manifest.res" failed (exit code 1120) with the following output:
       Creating library cmTC_23e94.lib and object cmTC_23e94.exp
    MSVCRTD.lib(utility_app.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_RoInitialize referenced in function __scrt_initialize_winrt
    cmTC_23e94.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
    NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\Users\penci\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\apps\CLion\ch-0\201.7846.88\bin\cmake\win\bin\cmake.exe' : return code '0xffffffff'
    Stop.
    NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\HostX64\x64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
    Stop.
    
    

  

  CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:2 (project)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/Users/penci/OneDrive/Desktop/Code/C-Cpp/CUDA_TEST/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "C:/Users/penci/OneDrive/Desktop/Code/C-Cpp/CUDA_TEST/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

[Finished]
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asked on Stack Overflow Jul 23, 2020 by Pencilcaseman • edited Jul 26, 2020 by Pencilcaseman

1 Answer

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I was able to get a simple "Hello World" compiling in CLion by making sure your PATH is updated to include

C:/Program Files/NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit/CUDA/v11.0/bin

My CMakeLists.txt looks like this

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
project(cuda_test CUDA)

find_package(CUDA)
set(CMAKE_CUDA_STANDARD 14)

add_executable(cuda_test main.cu)

set_target_properties(
        cuda_test
        PROPERTIES
        CUDA_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION ON)

And using Visual Studio 2017 with these settings in the toolchain enter image description here

answered on Stack Overflow Aug 3, 2020 by dtlindsey

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