# Having problems with CMake building SDL2 for msys mingw64 and CodeBlocks
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/having-problems-with-cmake-building-sdl2-for-msys-mingw64-and-codeblocks/5495
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [April 19, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/having-problems-with-cmake-building-sdl2-for-msys-mingw64-and-codeblocks/5495 "2022-04-19T21:29:03Z")
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### Author:  [@PaulUK](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/PaulUK)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/having-problems-with-cmake-building-sdl2-for-msys-mingw64-and-codeblocks/5495/1 "2022-04-19T21:29:03Z")
Hello, first post here.
I’m getting errors when trying to select configure for building SDL2 using CodeBlocks and the non bundled mingw compiler. I will list the versions then the errors below.
OS: Win 7
CMake: 3.23.1
CodeBlocks: 20.03
Please note that this is CodeBlocks without the bundled mingw compiler. I have the msys compiler with both 32 and 64 bit versions of mingw installed in c:/msys/mingw64 which is the one I want to use. It is tested and works fine with CodeBlocks when selected.
I have the SDL2 sourcecode for version 2.0.20. I was following the instructions here ( [Install SDL With Code Blocks - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJRgwbRVtP0) ) but the process does not work, probably because I am using an alternative compiler in a different place.
The errors I get are as follows:
CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to “MinGW Makefiles”. CMAKE\_MAKE\_PROGRAM is not set. You probably need to select a different build tool.
CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to “MinGW Makefiles”. CMAKE\_MAKE\_PROGRAM is not set. You probably need to select a different build tool.
CMake Error: CMAKE\_C\_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
CMake Error: CMAKE\_CXX\_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
If I specify the Codeblocks generator as my msys/mingw64 compiler I get the following:
Compilers are recognised but get CMAKE\_MAKE\_PROGRAM-NOTFOUND
even if I point to it I get the error:
libgmp-10.dll is mising from my computer.
The C compiler identification is unknown
The CXX compiler identification is unknown
Detecting C compiler ABI info
Please can someone advise me how I can build SDL2 libraries with CodeBlocks and the non bundled mingw compiler? Thank you.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/having-problems-with-cmake-building-sdl2-for-msys-mingw64-and-codeblocks/5495/2 "2022-04-19T21:32:32Z")
Is the toolchain and `make` program available on `PATH` in the terminal you’re using? Either way, you’ll also need to run an MSys-aware CMake (which should be available via `pacman`). The Windows binaries are for Windows environments. MinGW/MSys and Cygwin are two separate environments and each have their own build (because of the way they work).
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### Author:  [@PaulUK](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/PaulUK)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/having-problems-with-cmake-building-sdl2-for-msys-mingw64-and-codeblocks/5495/3 "2022-04-20T09:20:09Z")
Hi Ben,
I do not have the toolchain in the PATH environment variable because it may cause confusion to have more than one compiler toolchain installed. I suppose I could just add the 64 bit version to PATH since that is the one I intend to use.
Please can you advise how to add this MSys-aware CMake? How do I find it or the name to find it via pacman? I have only used CMake a couple of times in the past to do nothing out of the ordinary so I’m still very new to it. Thank you.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/having-problems-with-cmake-building-sdl2-for-msys-mingw64-and-codeblocks/5495/4 "2022-04-20T10:20:46Z")
I’m not that familiar with `pacman`. Something like `pacman -S cmake` may work according to [this SO answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65146595/how-to-install-and-configure-cmake-in-msys2). You can also just set the compiler path using `CC` and `CXX` environment variables or pass it through `-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=` and `-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=` arguments.
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### Author:  [@PaulUK](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/PaulUK)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/having-problems-with-cmake-building-sdl2-for-msys-mingw64-and-codeblocks/5495/5 "2022-04-23T19:59:45Z")
I finally managed to get CMake to build the SDL2 library. All I had to do was to put the mingw 64 bit compiler toolchain folder “bin” into the PATH environment variable. All worked well after that. Thank for the tip, Ben.