Executable file doesnt exist

[Ratione]

I am able to complie D programs via the Terminal (I am running Eclipse on Ubuntu 14.04) but every time i try and run a project it fails to build and gives me this error:
"Executable file (/fakepathto/workspace/test/test) doesnt exist."
Build automatically is already selected, but it refuses to compile.

[bruno-medeiros]

I need more info here. What is the dub.json of your project like? When you save a file (a therefore trigger a build), what is the output of the the "dub build" process that is invoked by Eclipse? This should appear in the console.

[neonsamurai]

I have the same problem. Here is the console output:

************  Running DUB build  ************
/usr/bin/dub build
@ /home/tim/workspace/tutorial
tutorial: ["tutorial"]
Building tutorial configuration "library", build type debug.
Running dmd...
--------  Terminated, exit code: 0  --------

[neonsamurai]

Ok I fixed the problem:

The dub.json file does not contain the key "targetType" : "executable". Thus the project is compiled as library and no executable is built.

Hope that helps others.

I think it would be nice if DDT would ask for the type of desired configuration when creating a new project.

[bruno-medeiros]

if the DUB build doesn't produce an executable, there is nothing DDT can do here, other than perhaps show a nicer error message.

If the DUB build produces an executable, but only on certain configurations, then the issue is #49

[neonsamurai]

There is a misunderstanding it seems.

From what I can see in DDT:

• I create a new DUB project.
• This creates a few files in the desired location:

.
├── dub.json
└── source

(source being empty)

dub.json:

{
    "name" : "test",
    "description" : "A minimal D bundle.",
    "dependencies" : {
    }
}

... and following console output:

************  Running DUB build  ************
/usr/bin/dub build --force
@ /home/tim/workspace/test
Package test contains no source files. Please add {"targetType": "none"} to it's package description to avoid building it.
Error executing command build: Main package must have a binary target type, not none. Cannot build.

--------  Terminated, exit code: 2  --------

So in essence, a freshly generated project does not compile, since it seems to be misconfigured. IMHO either the targetType should be none by default (which is kinda crazy) or there should be provided a simple .d file (maybe with a 'hello world' example) so that the project can compile. However even if there would be such a file, dub.json would still be configured in a way that does not produce an executable but a library file.

Which leads me to my previously mentioned point, that DDT should provide choice (executable or library) on project creation and configure the dub.json accordingly.

Unless I am terribly mistaken.

[userxfce]

I thik I just made a similar suggestion in my comments on #63

[bruno-medeiros]

Note that under DUB rules, if a "app.d" file is present, DUB will try to build with application type, so it's not necessary to explicitly state "targetType" in dub.json