csrlinux: INSTALLING Cmake FROM SOURCE CODE IN CENTOS 5.8

CMake is a cross-platform free software for managing the build process of software using a compiler-independent method.

There are several ways to install CMake, depending on your platform.

Step1: Download the source code from cmake.org

Step 2: copy the contents into directory and extract the contents of tar file

[root@localhost chandra]# tar -xvf cmake-2.8.10.2.tar.gz

[root@localhost chandra]# ls

cmake-2.8.10.2 cmake-2.8.10.2-Linux-i386.sh cmake-2.8.10.2.tar.gz Desktop

[root@localhost chandra]# cd cmake-2.8.10.2

Step 3: A bootstrap script is provided in cmake directory and we need to run this bootscrap for installation

[root@localhost cmake-2.8.10.2]# ls

bootstrap CMakeCPackOptions.cmake.in cmake_uninstall.cmake.in CTestConfig.cmake DartLocal.conf.in Modules Tests

ChangeLog.manual CMakeGraphVizOptions.cmake CompileFlags.cmake CTestCustom.cmake.in Docs Readme.txt Utilities

ChangeLog.txt CMakeLists.txt configure CTestCustom.ctest.in doxygen.config Source

CMakeCPack.cmake CMakeLogo.gif Copyright.txt DartConfig.cmake Example Templates

[root@localhost cmake-2.8.10.2]# ./bootstrap

Step 4: After running bootstrap script we need to compile using gmake or make command

[root@localhost cmake-2.8.10.2]# gmake

[root@localhost cmake-2.8.10.2]# make install

Step 5: Verifying whether cmake is installed or not

[root@localhost cmake-2.8.10.2]# which cmake

/usr/local/bin/cmake

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