Hi all, I’m trying to use cmake to build a juce project in a windows container. I have it working on my host pc, and on a linux container, however it fails within the windows container itself, specifically on the running tests step for juceaide:
execute_process(COMMAND "${imported_location}" version
RESULT_VARIABLE result_variable
OUTPUT_VARIABLE output
ERROR_VARIABLE output)
if(result_variable)
message(FATAL_ERROR "Testing juceaide failed:\noutput: ${output}")
endif()
The output, in this case, is empty in the container, causing the error. If I test the same exe on my host pc, it manages to return the current JUCE version.
I’m aware of someone having a similar issue to mine, however the fixes they applied don’t work in my case, and I’ve tried a few different JUCE 8 versions with no luck. I imagine that this error is probably due to the fact my its a headless windows container, but if I could get any sort of clarification on the subject I’d be grateful.
reuk
June 5, 2025, 10:04am
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It’s interesting that the executable works on the host but not on the container. My guess is that the executable requires a specific environment (e.g. certain runtime/library versions) that aren’t available on the container for some reason.
Are you able to run the program in the container under a debugger? That might provide some more details that would help to narrow down the problem.
Hi, thanks for the response! I had managed to narrow it down to that previously, and the only dll I could find that was missing was dcomp due to the container being headless, so I kind of brute forced a solution to get dcomp.dll into the container, but even then it wasn’t working, which is why I ended up asking here. Anyways, here’s the output using a debugger:
PS C:\repos\app-vstplugin\build\_deps\juce-build\tools\extras\build\juceaide\juceaide_artefacts\custom> & "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x64\cdb.exe" -g -G "C:\repos\app-vstplugin\build\_deps\juce-build\tools\extras\build\juceaide\juceaide_artefacts\custom\juceaide.exe" version
Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 10.0.19041.685 AMD64
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
CommandLine: C:\repos\app-vstplugin\build\_deps\juce-build\tools\extras\build\juceaide\juceaide_artefacts\custom\juceaide.exe version
************* Path validation summary **************
Response Time (ms) Location
Deferred srv*
Symbol search path is: srv*
Executable search path is:
ModLoad: 00007ff7`b84f0000 00007ff7`b8d48000 image00007ff7`b84f0000
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b3ae0000 00007ffa`b3ce1000 ntdll.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b0fa0000 00007ffa`b105c000 C:\Windows\System32\KERNEL32.DLL
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b0820000 00007ffa`b0b90000 C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`afde0000 00007ffa`aff85000 C:\Windows\System32\USER32.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b2aa0000 00007ffa`b2ac6000 C:\Windows\System32\win32u.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b0200000 00007ffa`b022c000 C:\Windows\System32\GDI32.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b00e0000 00007ffa`b01fd000 C:\Windows\System32\gdi32full.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`aff90000 00007ffa`b0030000 C:\Windows\System32\msvcp_win.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b0570000 00007ffa`b0680000 C:\Windows\System32\ucrtbase.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`af200000 00007ffa`af959000 C:\Windows\System32\SHELL32.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b0230000 00007ffa`b0366000 C:\Windows\System32\ole32.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b0b90000 00007ffa`b0f00000 C:\Windows\System32\combase.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b0370000 00007ffa`b048e000 C:\Windows\System32\RPCRT4.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b0490000 00007ffa`b0567000 C:\Windows\System32\OLEAUT32.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b06d0000 00007ffa`b07b3000 C:\Windows\System32\COMDLG32.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`af020000 00007ffa`af0c3000 C:\Windows\System32\msvcrt.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`aed90000 00007ffa`aee7a000 C:\Windows\System32\shcore.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`ae9c0000 00007ffa`aea1f000 C:\Windows\System32\SHLWAPI.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`aea20000 00007ffa`aead1000 C:\Windows\System32\ADVAPI32.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`af140000 00007ffa`af1e2000 C:\Windows\System32\sechost.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`af0e0000 00007ffa`af107000 C:\Windows\System32\bcrypt.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`ae800000 00007ffa`ae871000 C:\Windows\System32\WS2_32.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`a17b0000 00007ffa`a1a55000 C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.20348.3451_none_94783cb1eef01314\COMCTL32.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`aeae0000 00007ffa`aeb11000 C:\Windows\System32\IMM32.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`b1940000 00007ffa`b194a000 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\VERSION.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`a12b0000 00007ffa`a17ad000 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\WININET.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`a5270000 00007ffa`a5297000 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\WINMM.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`ad1a0000 00007ffa`ad1d0000 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\dwmapi.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`a0ce0000 00007ffa`a12a6000 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\d2d1.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`ad0a0000 00007ffa`ad181000 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\dxgi.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`a0a50000 00007ffa`a0cd3000 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\d3d11.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`a9af0000 00007ffa`a9d10000 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\dbghelp.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`a07f0000 00007ffa`a0a4d000 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\dcomp.dll
ModLoad: 00007ffa`ad080000 00007ffa`ad097000 C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\kernel.appcore.dll
(2d8.6bc): Unknown exception - code c0000139 (first chance)
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