xmake can't find visual studio (x64) even though it's installed

[VerveIsBad]

I'm attempting to build a project on my windows machine using xmake. I installed it perfectly fine, but whenever I run xmake to build the project, I get the following output:

checking for platform ... windows
checking for architecture ... x64
checking for Microsoft Visual Studio (x64) version ... no
error: target(install): toolchain not found!

Here is my xmake.lua file:

add_rules("mode.debug", "mode.release")
add_syslinks("dl")

target("bamboolib")
    set_kind("shared")
    add_files("src/bamboolib/*.cpp")
    set_languages("cxx20")

target("bamboo")
    set_kind("binary")
    add_files("src/*.cpp")
    add_deps("bamboolib")
    set_runargs("$(curdir)/example.bam", "-s")
    if is_mode("release") then
        set_symbols("hidden")
        set_optimize("fastest")
        set_strip("all")
    end
    set_languages("cxx20")
    on_run(function(target)
        os.cd("$(projectdir)/")
        c = "./$(buildir)/$(os)/" .. os.arch() .. "/release/bamboo run example.bam -s"
        os.exec(c)
    end)

target("install")
    on_build(function(_) end)
    on_link(function(_) end)
    on_run(function(target)
        os.cp("./$(buildir)/$(os)/" .. os.arch() .. "/release/bamboo", "~/.bamboo/bin/bamboo")
        os.cp("./$(buildir)/$(os)/" .. os.arch() .. "/release/libbamboolib.so", "~/.bamboo/bin/libbamboolib.so")
    end)

I have Visual Studio Community edition installed, but I use Visual Studio Code as my main editor. I have attempted to find people with other similar problems, but I could not.

[waruqi]

Did you install c++ develop toolchain? you can open vs prompt cmd and try to run cl.exe. Does it (cl.exe) work?

[VerveIsBad]

No, it doesnt. What is the c++ develop toolchain?

[waruqi]

You do not have the full vs c++ installation.