The content of the Cmake output.txt file is huge, I have no idea how to convey it to you, so I have just copied it here:

The system is: Windows -  - AMD64
Compiling the C compiler identification source file "CMakeCCompilerId.c" succeeded.
Compiler:  
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Compilation of the CXX compiler identification source "CMakeCXXCompilerId.cpp" produced "CompilerIdCXX.exe"

Compilation of the CXX compiler identification source "CMakeCXXCompilerId.cpp" produced "CompilerIdCXX.vcproj"

The CXX compiler identification is MSVC, found in "C:/Users/Niraj/build/alps/CMakeFiles/2.8.12.2/CompilerIdCXX/CompilerIdCXX.exe"

Determining if the C compiler works passed with the following output:
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Microsoft (R) Visual C++ Express Edition Version 9.0.21022.8.

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Microsoft (R) Visual C++ Express Edition Version 9.0.21022.8.

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Determining if the CXX compiler works passed with the following output:
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Microsoft (R) Visual C++ Express Edition Version 9.0.21022.8.

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 2007. All rights reserved.

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Microsoft (R) Visual C++ Express Edition Version 9.0.21022.8.

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 2007. All rights reserved.

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Determining if the include file stdarg.h exists passed with the following output:
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Microsoft (R) Visual C++ Express Edition Version 9.0.21022.8.

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 2007. All rights reserved.

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Microsoft (R) Visual C++ Express Edition Version 9.0.21022.8.

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 2007. All rights reserved.

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Microsoft (R) Visual C++ Express Edition Version 9.0.21022.8.

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Microsoft (R) Visual C++ Express Edition Version 9.0.21022.8.

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The system is: Windows -  - AMD64
The system is: Windows -  - AMD64





On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Matthias Troyer <troyer@phys.ethz.ch> wrote:
These errors mean that you did not specify the correct paths to various libraries. You will have to provide the CMake output for us to help. But please be aware that building from source on Windows is hard. 




On Mar 24, 2014, at 22:03, Niraj Ghimire <niraj.ghimire@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you, Dr. Troyer. Now I am having problems trying to build ALPS. I downloaded the source package alps-2.2.b1-r7195-src.tar.gz from the webpage "http://alps.comp-phys.org/mediawiki/index.php/Download_and_install_ALPS_2" and tried to build it, I was not successful at all. Then I downloaded the other source package alps-2.1.1-r6176-src.tar.gz from the same page and tried to build it, I ended up getting the same error message which reads "Error in configuration process, project files may be invalid."

Where can I find the correct source code for ALPS ?

Regards,
Niraj Ghimire
Graduate Student
Department of Physics
University of Connecticut




On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Matthias Troyer <troyer@phys.ethz.ch> wrote:
lpsolve and sqlite are not needed anymore. zlib and szlib are included in the binary distributions of HDF5 for Windows, which are easier to use than building from source.

On Mar 24, 2014, at 12:32 AM, Niraj Ghimire <niraj.ghimire@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear alps users, 

         I have been trying to build alps package from source on Windows 7 OS. I have been following the outdated instructions on the page 

I could not find the proper versions of Zlib, SZlib, Lpsolve and SQlite. There are links on this webpage that read "Check out the source code from <>" where <> is, for instance, https://alps.comp-phys.org/svn/alps1/trunk/wistaria/windows/lpsolve for "Lpsolve". I don't know how to download the source codes using these links.

          I tried to download the source codes from a trusted webpage like sourceforge.net, some of them work while others don't and I keep getting errors.

           Please help me.

Regards,
Niraj Ghimire
Graduate Student
Department of Physics
University of Connecticut