I'm getting `e: Could not find 'main' in '<root>' package.` when trying to build either of the...

# kotlin-native

[zt]

I'm getting e: Could not find 'main' in '<root>' package. when trying to build either of the modules in my project. I've set up the gradle config like this

linuxX64("native") {
    binaries {
        executable("prism")
    }
}

[Landry Norris]

Where is your main method? If it is in a package, you need to set the entryPoint for the executable.

[Landry Norris]

i.e. If you have main in com/example/foo/Main.kt, the entry point is com.example.foo.MainKt.main

[zt]

I've just placed the main method in the root package in a file named Main

[zt]

nativeMain/src/kotlin/Main.kt

[Adam Cooper]

do you declare a package at the top of Main.kt?

[Landry Norris]

Shouldn't it be src/nativeMain/kotlin?

[zt]

Oh yeah, that's what I meant.

[zt]

my main method is in src/nativeMain/kotlin/Main.kt

[zt]

No package is declared at the top of the file

[Landry Norris]

What does the declaration for your main function look like?

[zt]

just

fun main(args: Array<String>)

[Landry Norris]

Do you need the args? I wonder if it will work if you remove them?

[zt]

I do for cli

[zt]

If i rename nativeMain to commonMain then it works, but im not sure why it doesnt work in nativeMain