Visual Studio Code – Is there a way to run cmake using intel compilers?

There are a couple things that might be causing your problem.

1. Make sure that the compiler is loaded in your current command environment. For the intel compiler this is usually C:Program Files (x86)InteloneAPIsetvars.bat.
2. Make sure that the installed version of CMake is newer than the toolset that you are trying to use. Specifically, CMake version > 3.22.2 if you are using intel 2022.
3. Your CMakeLists.txt is not posted, but according to Intel’s documentation, you need to add find_package(IntelDPCPP REQUIRED).

Also, once you are able to get your target to build, I recommend that you switch to using a CMakePresets.json file to configure your CMake build. I have one that looks like this:

In this preset file, the cache variable INTEL_COMPILER is used to turn on/off specific intel compiler flags in my CMakeLists.txt such as /fp:precise.

CMakePresets.json

{
    "version": 3,
    "cmakeMinimumRequired": {
    "major": 3,
    "minor": 22,
    "patch": 2
    },
    "configurePresets": [
    {
        "name": "base",
        "hidden": true,
        "binaryDir": "${sourceDir}/_build/${presetName}"
    },
    {
        "name": "Windows",
        "hidden": true,
        "inherits": [
        "base"
        ],
        "condition": {
        "type": "equals",
        "lhs": "${hostSystemName}",
        "rhs": "Windows"
        },
        "vendor": {
        "microsoft.com/VisualStudioSettings/CMake/1.0": {
            "hostOS": "Windows"
        }
        }
    },
    {
        "name": "Debug",
        "hidden": true,
        "cacheVariables": {
        "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Debug"
        }
    },
    {
        "name": "Release",
        "hidden": true,
        "cacheVariables": {
        "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Release"
        }
    },
    {
        "name": "Intel - IDE",
        "hidden": true,
        "toolset": "Intel C++ Compiler 2022",
        "cacheVariables": {
        "INTEL_COMPILER": "ON"
        }
    },
    {
        "name": "Visual Studio 2022 - Intel",
        "displayName": "Visual Studio 2022 using Intel compiler",
        "inherits": [
        "Windows",
        "Intel - IDE"
        ],
        "generator": "Visual Studio 17 2022"
    }
    ],
    "buildPresets": [
    {
        "name": "Windows",
        "hidden": true,
        "condition": {
        "type": "equals",
        "lhs": "${hostSystemName}",
        "rhs": "Windows"
        },
        "vendor": {
        "microsoft.com/VisualStudioSettings/CMake/1.0": {
            "hostOS": "Windows"
        }
        }
    },
    {
        "name": "Visual Studio 2022 - Intel",
        "displayName": "Visual Studio 2022 using Intel compiler",
        "inherits": [
        "Windows"
        ],
        "configurePreset": "Visual Studio 2022 - Intel"
    }
    ]
}