LYR-CLI0002

no C compiler was found

error · spec 14-cli

Reported by build, run, test and bench when no C compiler is found — LYRIC_CC, then the zig lyric toolchain install zig installed, then zig, clang, gcc on the PATH — or when the profile needs clang (asan, tsan) and there is none. The exit code is 2.

Explanation

lyric5 builds through C: it needs a C compiler to turn the program and its runtime into a binary. --emit ir and --emit c print without one; everything that produces a binary needs it.

lyric5 toolchain install zig installs the zig this toolchain is built and tested with, under ~/.lyric, where the search finds it before the PATH. Else put zig, clang or gcc on the PATH, or point LYRIC_CC at a compiler. The asan and tsan profiles need clang, whose sanitizer runtimes they link. lyric5 version says which compiler was found.

Example

$ lyric5 build
error[LYR-CLI0002]: no C compiler found — 'lyric5 toolchain install zig' installs the one this toolchain is tested with; or put zig, clang or gcc on the PATH, or set LYRIC_CC
$ lyric5 build --profile asan
error[LYR-CLI0002]: the asan profile needs clang, and none was found