`solana-test-validator` does not work properly on Windows about agave

[Nagaprasadvr]

[joncinque]

I've got fixes for some part of the windows issues at #73 to remove the reliance on additional DLLs that aren't part of a fresh windows installation. This doesn't address the tar issue though.

[steviez]

Do you have access to a Windows machine? I personally do not; might be able to find one but if you could run the following and share the logs, the additional verbosity might give more insight into where it is getting snagged:

RUST_LOG=trace solana-test-validator

Attaching to the process with WinDbg and viewing thread stacks would be more involved, but probably much more insightful / much quicker path to honing in. I haven't done Windows debugging in years but I don't remember the tool being too bad to work with: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/

[Nagaprasadvr]

@jacobcreech @steviez i have added Proof of Work here let me know

[Nagaprasadvr]

Pre-requisite dlls and binaries

Binaries -

1. Protoc - https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v25.3/protoc-25.3-win64.zip
2. OpenSSL-Winx64 - https://slproweb.com/download/Win64OpenSSL-3_2_1.exe

Dlls -

1. libssl - https://www.dllme.com/dll/files/libssl-3-x64
2. libcrypto - https://www.dllme.com/dll/files/libcrypto-3-x64
3. libclang - https://www.dllme.com/dll/files/libclang/
4. clang - https://www.dllme.com/dll/files/clang

After downloading

1. Binaries , I executed them and placed them in C:\Program FIles\ dir
2. Dlls - i placed them in C:\Windows\System32\ dir

System Environment variables

OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\include
OPENSSL_LIB=C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\lib
OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\lib\VC\x64\MT
PROTOC=C:\Program Files\protoc\bin\protoc
LIBCLANG_PATH=C:\Windows\System32\libclang.dll
PATH=C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin

[Nagaprasadvr]

[Nagaprasadvr]

i did the setup

here is the ping status

Logs :

[Nagaprasadvr]

can this fix protoc , libclang , clang deps?

[joncinque]

can this fix protoc , libclang , clang deps?

Those are required for building, but not running

[Nagaprasadvr]

Cool