---
title: FAQ for Windows
weight: 40
description: "Troubleshoot common RustDesk build issues on Windows, including vcpkg download failures, missing Cargo.lock packages, VCPKG_ROOT configuration, and LIBCLANG_PATH setup."
keywords: ["rustdesk build faq windows", "rustdesk vcpkg error", "rustdesk cargo lock error", "rustdesk libclang path", "rustdesk windows build troubleshooting"]
---

Use this FAQ to fix common Windows build errors for RustDesk, especially around `vcpkg`, Rust dependencies, and `clang` configuration.

## When should you use this Windows build FAQ?

Use this page after your Windows build environment is already set up but `cargo run`, `vcpkg`, or `bindgen` still fails. It covers the most common Windows-side dependency and environment-variable errors in the RustDesk build process.

## vcpkg download package failed

### Error

```
 -- Fetching https://chromium.googlesource.com/libyuv/libyuv 287158925b0e03ea4499a18b4e08478c5781541b...
   CMake Error at scripts/cmake/vcpkg_execute_required_process.cmake:127 (message):
       Command failed: D:/program/Git/mingw64/bin/git.exe fetch https://chromium.googlesource.com/libyuv/libyuv 287158925b0e03ea4499a18b4e08478c5781541b --depth 1 -n
```

### Solution

Use a browser to download [libyuv-287158925b0e03ea4499a18b4e08478c5781541b.tar.gz](https://chromium.googlesource.com/libyuv/libyuv/+archive/287158925b0e03ea4499a18b4e08478c5781541b.tar.gz), then move it into `vcpkg/downloads` and reinstall.



## Package in Cargo.lock not exist

### Error

```
$ cargo run
       Updating git repository `https://github.com/open-trade/confy`
   warning: spurious network error (2 tries remaining): failed to receive response: Operation Timeout
   ; class=Os (2)
   error: failed to get `confy` as a dependency of package `hbb_common v0.1.0 (D:\rustdesk\rustdesk\rustdesk\libs\hbb_common)`

   Caused by:
     failed to load source for dependency `confy`

   Caused by:
     Unable to update https://github.com/open-trade/confy#27fa1294

   Caused by:
     object not found - no match for id (27fa12941291b44ccd856aef4a5452c1eb646047); class=Odb (9); code=NotFound (-3)
```

Maybe the author used `git force push` and the previous commit was overwritten.

### Solution

`cargo update`, force the package to be updated.



## VCPKG_ROOT not set

### Error

```
thread 'main' panicked at 'Failed to find package: VcpkgNotFound("No vcpkg installation found. Set the VCPKG_ROOT environment variable or run 'vcpkg integrate install'")', libs\scrap\build.rs:7:45
```

### Solution

Add `VCPKG_ROOT` environment variable, or run with `VCPKG_ROOT=<vcpkg_dir> cargo run`.



## clang not installed, or LIBCLANG_PATH not set

### Error

```
thread 'main' panicked at 'Unable to find libclang: "couldn't find any valid shared libraries matching: ['clang.dll', 'libclang.dll'], set the `LIBCLANG_PATH` environment variable to a path where one of these files can be found (invalid: [])"', C:\Users\selfd\.cargo\registry\src\mirrors.ustc.edu.cn-61ef6e0cd06fb9b8\bindgen-0.59.2\src/lib.rs:2144:31
```

### Solution

Install [LLVM](https://releases.llvm.org/download.html), add the `LIBCLANG_PATH` environment variable as `llvm_install_dir/bin`.
