nmake install fail

[crosofg]

\luajit-rocks\build>nmake install

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 12.00.21005.1
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make 'install'
Stop.

I am unable to nmake install . How to resolve this?

[admercs]

I get this issue as well on Windows 7 with VS2015. I ended up building from source by opening the INSTALL project file into VS2015 and building there, which appeared to work and LuaJIT runs, but LuaJIT is doing strange things (e.g., simple math does not work).

[hughperkins]

The script at https://github.com/hughperkins/distro-cl/blob/distro-win/build_windows.bat will build luarocks, using nmake, however it looks like we are using a hack to do the install, by calling:

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%BASE%/install -G "NMake Makefiles" -P cmake_install.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

[MatrixInception]

Thank you @hughperkins ! Encountered the similar issue. Here is what worked for me on Windows 10 with VS 2015 (just another part of your linked script):
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=base/install -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

[rogersguedes]

I had the same problem today. What worked for me was running the file vcvarsall.bat which came with Visual Studio installation before calling cmake . So the full process was as follows:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
cmake.exe .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\opt\luajit-rocks -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
nmake install