source: general/prog/cmake.xml@ 716ca8aa

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY cmake-download-http "http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-&cmake-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY cmake-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY cmake-md5sum        "2147da452fd9212bb9b4542a9eee9d5b">
  <!ENTITY cmake-size          "5.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY cmake-buildsize     "303 MB (including tests)">
  <!ENTITY cmake-time          "4.1 SBU (including 2.5 SBU test time)">
]>

<sect1 id="cmake" xreflabel="cmake-&cmake-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="cmake.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>CMake-&cmake-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="cmake">
    <primary sortas="a-CMake">CMake</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to CMake</title>

    <para>The <application>CMake</application> package contains a modern toolset used
    for generating <filename>Makefile</filename>s. It is a successor of the auto-generated
    <command>configure</command> script.</para>

    &lfs70_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&cmake-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&cmake-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &cmake-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &cmake-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &cmake-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &cmake-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">CMake Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="curl"/>, 
      <xref linkend="libarchive"/>, and 
      <xref linkend="expat"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Options</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="subversion"/> (for testing)
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/cmake"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of CMake</title>

    <para>Install <application>CMake</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./bootstrap --prefix=/usr       \
            --system-libs       \
            --mandir=/share/man \
            --docdir=/share/doc/cmake-&cmake-version; &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue: <userinput>make test</userinput>.
    The SVN test may fail.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><option>--system-libs</option>: This option forces the build system
    to link against <application>Zlib</application>, <application>Bzip2</application>, 
    <application>cURL</application> and <application>Expat</application> installed 
    on the system.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>ctest, cpack, ccmake, and cmake</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/cmake-&cmake-version; and
        /usr/share/doc/cmake-&cmake-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="ctest">
        <term><command>ctest</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a testing utility for cmake-generated build trees.</para>
          <indexterm zone="cmake ctest">
            <primary sortas="b-ctest">ctest</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="cpack">
        <term><command>cpack</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the CMake packaging program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="cmake cpack">
            <primary sortas="b-cpack">cpack</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ccmake">
        <term><command>ccmake</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a curses based interactive frontend to cmake.</para>
          <indexterm zone="cmake ccmake">
            <primary sortas="b-ccmake">ccmake</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="c_make">
        <term><command>cmake</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the makefile generator.</para>
          <indexterm zone="cmake c_make">
            <primary sortas="b-cmake">cmake</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>