fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'mkl_intel_lp64.lib

[mmavro]

I am trying to compile a program using Microsoft visual studio and intel fortran compiler and I have the following issue:
'LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'mkl_intel_lp64.lib'

Can you please help me with that?

[Arjen_Markus]

Have you added that library with an appropriate path to the list of additional dependencies? My Intel oneAPI installation has it in: c:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\mkl\2021.4.0\lib\intel64\

[Chandubhusan]

Can you please provide the steps of how to do it?

[Barbara_P_Intel]

@Chandubhusan, I suggest you post your question with the error message and a way to reproduce your issue on the MKL Forum. Here's the link.

[mecej4]

There is another circumstance in which the reported error message may be expected. If a source file was compiled for 64-bit and the project/compiler had MKL usage selected, the OBJ file may contain a reference to mkl_intel_lp64.lib.

If a subsequent 32-bit build attempts to use that 64-bit OBJ file, the linker will note the reference to the library in the OBJ file and issue the error message. A more helpful error message that the linker could have issued would be something similar to "attempted linking of 64-bit OBJ file in 32-bit build".

[mmavro · Accepted solution]

Thank you both for your replies. The issue was that the system couldn't find the mkl library because it was simple not installed. 

It is the first time I am using oneAPI and I installed directly the HPC kit without installing the base kit (i thought the base kit was included in the HPC kit).