Error when Installing on Windows 8.1 Python

[wenbo5565]

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Environment info

Operating System:
Windows 8.1
Compiler:
Visual Studio 2013
Package used (python/R/jvm/C++):
Python
xgboost version used:

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Steps to reproduce

Hi, I was trying to install xgboost by following steps at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33749735/how-to-install-xgboost-package-in-python-windows-platform

I was stuck at step 3 when running cmake .. G"Visual Studio 12 2013 Win64". The error I get is

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:76 (add_subdirectory):
  The source directory

    D:/xgboost_dir/dmlc-core

  does not contain a CMakeLists.txt file.

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

I was calling cmake from build directory.

Thank you.

What have you tried?

[wenbo5565]

This issue is resolved by running in the local cloned xgboost directory

git submodule init
git submodule update

[guoyuhaoaaa]

@wenbo5565 can you tell the reason why type "git submodule init" and "git submodule update" can solve this problem?? Thank you so much

[wenbo5565]

@guoyuhaoaaa I am not sure the reason. Possibly I found this solution on google. You could try if you can find more details there.