OPENSSL error: could not find native static library `C`, perhaps an -L flag is missing?

I get the following error when I try to run the below code for a DTLS client server program using rust through visual studio code and its terminal. I have already installed openssl libraries using vcpkg and set the environment variables. I have also installed the c/c++ extensions for vscode.

Error: error: could not find native static library C, perhaps an -L flag is missing? How do I resolve this error? My DTLS code is given below along with build.rs and cargo.toml. I get the same error when I try to run any openssl-dependant codes in C/C++/Rust.

MAIN.rs

    use openssl::ssl::SslMethod;
    use std::{ io::{Read, Write},
    net::UdpSocket, thread, time::Duration, };
    use udp_dtls::{Certificate, DtlsAcceptor, DtlsConnector, Identity, SrtpProfile};
    use udp_dtls::{DtlsAcceptorBuilder, UdpChannel};
    fn main() { let buffer = include_bytes!("../test/identity.p12");
    let identity = Identity::from_pkcs12(buffer, "mypass").unwrap();
    let root_ca = include_bytes!("../test/root-ca.der"); let root_ca = Certificate::from_der(root_ca).unwrap();
    let acceptor = DtlsAcceptor::builder(identity).build().unwrap();
   let connector = DtlsConnector::builder() .add_srtp_profile(SrtpProfile::Aes128CmSha180) .add_srtp_profile(SrtpProfile::AeadAes256Gcm) .add_root_certificate(root_ca) .build() .unwrap();
    let server = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
    let client = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
    let server_addr = server.local_addr().unwrap(); let client_addr = client.local_addr().unwrap();
    let server_channel = UdpChannel { socket: server, remote_addr: client_addr, };
    let client_channel = UdpChannel { socket: client, remote_addr: server_addr, };
    let guard = thread::spawn(move || { let mut dtls_server = acceptor.accept(server_channel).unwrap(); let mut count = 0;
    while true { let mut received = [0; 5];
    dtls_server.read_exact(&mut received);
    println!( "{:?} {:?}", count, String::from_utf8_lossy(received.as_ref()) );
    count = count + 1; thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(2)); } });
    let mut dtls_client = connector.connect("foobar.com", client_channel).unwrap();
    while true { let mut buf = [0; 5];
     let buf = b"hello";
    dtls_client.write_all(buf);
    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(30)); } }

CARGO.toml

    [package]
    name = "udp-dtls"
    version = "0.1.0"
    authors = ["Timon Post <https://github.com/TimonPost>"]
    edition = "2018"
    description = "DTLS abstraction ontop of UDP"
    repository = "https://github.com/TimonPost/udp-dtls"
    documentation = "https://docs.rs/udp-dtls/"
    license = "MIT"
    keywords = ["DTLS", "UDP", "connection", "openssl", "ssl"] exclude = ["target", "Cargo.lock"] readme = "README.md" [dependencies] openssl = "0.10.19" openssl-probe = "0.1.2" log = "0.4.6" bytes = "0.4.11" [features] vendored = ["openssl/vendored"]

BUILD.rs

    use std::fs::File;
    use std::io::Write;
    use std::process::Command;
    use std::env;
    fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {


    if let Ok(v) = env::var("DEP_OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER") {
        let version = u64::from_str_radix(&v, 16).unwrap();

        if version >= 0x1_01_01_00_0 {
            println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=openssl111");
        }
    }

    let certs_dir = "src/certs";
    let keys_dir = "src/keys";
    let scratch_dir = "openssl-temp";
    let server_ext = &format!("{}/server_ext", scratch_dir);
    let client_ext = &format!("{}/client_ext", scratch_dir);

    for dir in &[certs_dir, keys_dir, scratch_dir] {
        // create if dir does not exist
        match std::fs::create_dir(dir) {
            _ => {}
        }
    }

    let mut file = File::create(server_ext).unwrap();
    file.write(b"basicConstraints=CA:false\nkeyUsage=critical,keyEncipherment")?;

    let mut file = File::create(client_ext).unwrap();
    file.write(b"basicConstraints=CA:false\nkeyUsage=critical,digitalSignature")?;

    // Generate self-signed CA
    Command::new("openssl")
        .args(&[
            "req",
            "-x509",
            "-newkey",
            "rsa:2048",
            "-subj",
            "/CN=ca",
            "-nodes",
            "-keyout",
            &format!("{}/ca-key.pem", keys_dir),
            "-out",
            &format!("{}/ca-cert.pem", certs_dir),
            "-addext",
            "keyUsage=critical,keyCertSign",
        ])
        .output()?;

    // Generate server key and CSR
    Command::new("openssl")
        .args(&[
            "req",
            "-newkey",
            "rsa:2048",
            "-subj",
            "/CN=server",
            "-nodes",
            "-keyout",
            &format!("{}/server-key.pem", keys_dir),
            "-out",
            &format!("{}/server-csr.pem", scratch_dir),
        ])
        .output()?;

    // Sign server CSR
    Command::new("openssl")
        .args(&[
            "x509",
            "-req",
            "-CAcreateserial",
            "-CA",
            &format!("{}/ca-cert.pem", certs_dir),
            "-CAkey",
            &format!("{}/ca-key.pem", keys_dir),
            "-in",
            &format!("{}/server-csr.pem", scratch_dir),
            "-out",
            &format!("{}/server-cert.pem", certs_dir),
            "-extfile",
            server_ext,
        ])
        .output()?;

    // Generate client key and CSR
    Command::new("openssl")
        .args(&[
            "req",
            "-newkey",
            "rsa:2048",
            "-subj",
            "/CN=client",
            "-nodes",
            "-keyout",
            &format!("{}/client-key.pem", keys_dir),
            "-out",
            &format!("{}/client-csr.pem", scratch_dir),
        ])
        .output()?;

    // Sign client CSR
    Command::new("openssl")
        .args(&[
            "x509",
            "-req",
            "-CAcreateserial",
            "-CA",
            &format!("{}/ca-cert.pem", certs_dir),
            "-CAkey",
            &format!("{}/ca-key.pem", keys_dir),
            "-in",
            &format!("{}/client-csr.pem", scratch_dir),
            "-out",
            &format!("{}/client-cert.pem", certs_dir),
            "-extfile",
            client_ext,
        ])
        .output()?;

    std::fs::remove_dir_all(scratch_dir)?;

    Ok(())
}

For further reference please check this link for full code: GitHub - TimonPost/udp-dtls: DTLS abstraction ontop of UDP

Can you post the full error? Also please move this to https://users.rust-lang.org. That is the user forum. This forum is for changes to the rust language itself.

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PS C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\wintun-maindtls> cargo build Compiling winapi v0.3.9 Compiling wintun v0.2.1 (C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\wintun-maindtls) Compiling openssl-sys v0.9.73 error: could not find native static library C , perhaps an -L flag is missing?

error: could not compile openssl-sys due to previous error warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish... error: build failed

alright I'll move it to the link

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