VSCode with Msys2 / Mingw64 on Windows ( With Guide )

[Matteo_Mangoni]

Hi there,

I’m trying to setup of on VSCode but I can’t find a solution for the error I get while trying to compile (build debug or build release):

Compiling OF library for Debug
/usr/bin/sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
make[2]: *** [makefileCommon/compile.core.mk:233: C:/Users/mmang/Desktop/of_v0.11.2_msys2_mingw64_release/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/lib/msys2/obj/Debug/.compiler_flags] Error 2
make[1]: *** [makefileCommon/compile.core.mk:212: Debug] Error 2
make: *** [C:/Users/mmang/Desktop/of_v0.11.2_msys2_mingw64_release/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/compile.project.mk:139: Debug] Error 2

The code compiles and runs in the MSYS shell, so I can edit it in VSCode and run it from the shell but it’s kind of annoying and I’m sure it’s something small that could fix it, I just don’t know what.

If someone could help me out it would be amazing!

[mcpcseal]

How do I integrate MSYS2 shell into Visual studio code on Window?

This post tells how to integrate minsys shell with VS Code.

[theo]

@Matteo_Mangoni did the link @mpcseal share work for you? If so we should add some documentation for it to the download/setup page on the site.

[theo]

Going to turn this into a setup guide - but thought I would add here too.

Using VS Code on Windows with msys2 / mingw64.

Note we recommend using the nightly builds of OF from the bottom of the downloads page. The nightly builds have VS Code project files included for all examples.

Step 1: Follow the msys2 setup guide. Using Mingw64.

Step 2: Make sure you have the C:\mingw64 location in your PATH.
setx PATH "c:\msys64\mingw64\bin;c:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH%"

Step 3: Open a Mingw64 shell, cd to the examples folder eg: cd /C/Users/theo/Downloads/OF/examples/3d/assimpExample folder and try building an example with make Release.

If you it compiles successfully you have a working msys2 / Mingw64 setup.

Step 4: Install VS Code.
Download from: https://code.visualstudio.com/

Step 5: Edit the VS Code Settings to use Mingw64 as your default shell.

• Go to File->Preferences->Settings
  

  

• Then in Settings go to the icon highlighted in the image below and it will open the User’s settings.json
  

  

• In settings.json paste in:

{
    "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\msys64\\usr\\bin\\bash.exe", 
    "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": ["--login", "-i"],
    "terminal.integrated.env.windows": { 
         "MSYSTEM": "MINGW64", 
         "CHERE_INVOKING":"1" } 
}

Step 6: Close VS-Code and reopen.
Then open the example VS Code project file for the OF example you want to run. For assimpExample it is: assimpExample.code-workspace.

Step 7: Install the C++ extension if VS Code asks.

Step 8: Build your project.
In the VS Code menu go to Terminal → Run Build Task.... and select Build Release

If everything is working you should see successful complication in the Terminal output window.