[SOLVED] How do I install latest cmake ahead of ubuntu?

[seaworthy4life]

I end up extracting all of these files which certainly do not belong in my personal directory, unless maybe I move the cmake file into the /usr/bin/? and add it to some registry?

Building LMMS got quite simple since 0.4.0 as everything is managed
by cmake now. Therefore make sure you have CMake (>= 2.6.0 recommended) and
then run


mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
make
sudo make install

It looks like I may only have to do this one thing, unless cmake will require access to its parent directory.

Will this work?

[seaworthy4life]

I tried that but now it is asking me to make a cmake root. It is also asking for a modules directory in usr/bin which is easy, but ...:lolflag:

[seaworthy4life]

According to qmake, I can probably do one of two things.

1. Download an .sh file, run it with /bin/sh and follow the instructions. (What kind of command line would you use to run this and what directory would the sh file have to be in?)

2. Untare a regular tar file, but in which directory, as it won't work in the personal directory and the untarred package gives you four parent directories - bin, share, man, and doc.

[seaworthy4life]

Ok. I copied the .sh file to the root. Then, I thought this would work when I ran this line.

justin@justin-desktop:~$ sudo chmod +x /cmake-2.6.1-Linux-i386.sh

Next thing is that I am supposed to get this shell or something like ./cmake-2.6.1-Linux-i386.sh , but it is not happening. Not sure where to go from here.

I think that maybe the script is missing the proper "shebang line" at the beginning.

[seaworthy4life]

voila, the shebang line, justin@justin-desktop:~$ sudo sh /cmake-2.6.1-Linux-i386.sh , and it ends up putting it in your personal box.

[seaworthy4life]

... but it did not register cmake correctly, so I would need to figure out how to utilize these 4 directories of qmake LOCKED in my personal box for the qmake lmms to work properly.

This is the wall that I am at.

justin@justin-desktop:~/Desktop/LMMS/lmms-0.4.0-beta2/build$ cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
CMake Error: Could not find CMAKE_ROOT !!!
CMake has most likely not been installed correctly.
Modules directory not found in
/usr/bin
CMake Error: Error executing cmake::LoadCache(). Aborting.

[seaworthy4life]

Success.

So I moved cmake-2.6.1-Linux-i386.sh into /usr/ . Then I performed sh /usr/cmake-2.6.1-Linux-i386.sh , if I remember right.

Now it's there and installed correctly. When I type cmake and hit enter, I get an about cmake listing. At the very first of the listing, it calls version 2.6.1 a patch and when I go to Synaptic, the installed version is still listed as version 2.47. Looks like it should work to compile the latest LMMS once all of the dependencies are downloaded.



justin@justin-desktop:~$ cmake


cmake version 2.6-patch 1
Usage

cmake [options] <path-to-source>
cmake [options] <path-to-existing-build>

Options
-C <initial-cache> = Pre-load a script to populate the cache.
-D <var>:<type>=<value> = Create a cmake cache entry.
-U <globbing_expr> = Remove matching entries from CMake cache.
-G <generator-name> = Specify a makefile generator.
-Wno-dev = Suppress developer warnings.
-Wdev = Enable developer warnings.
-E = CMake command mode.
-i = Run in wizard mode.
-L[A][H] = List non-advanced cached variables.
-N = View mode only.
-P <file> = Process script mode.
--graphviz=[file] = Generate graphviz of dependencies.
--system-information [file] = Dump information about this system.
--debug-trycompile = Do not delete the try compile directories..
--debug-output = Put cmake in a debug mode.
--help-command cmd [file] = Print help for a single command and exit.
--help-command-list [file] = List available listfile commands and exit.
--help-commands [file] = Print help for all commands and exit.
--help-compatcommands [file]= Print help for compatibility commands.
--help-module module [file] = Print help for a single module and exit.
--help-module-list [file] = List available modules and exit.
--help-modules [file] = Print help for all modules and exit.
--help-custom-modules [file]= Print help for all custom modules and exit.
--help-policy cmp [file] = Print help for a single policy and exit.
--help-policies [file] = Print help for all policies and exit.
--help-property prop [file] = Print help for a single property and exit.
--help-property-list [file] = List available properties and exit.
--help-properties [file] = Print help for all properties and exit.
--help-variable var [file] = Print help for a single variable and exit.
--help-variable-list [file] = List documented variables and exit.
--help-variables [file] = Print help for all variables and exit.
--copyright [file] = Print the CMake copyright and exit.
--help = Print usage information and exit.
--help-full [file] = Print full help and exit.
--help-html [file] = Print full help in HTML format.
--help-man [file] = Print full help as a UNIX man page and exit.
--version [file] = Show program name/version banner and exit.

Generators

The following generators are available on this platform:
Unix Makefiles = Generates standard UNIX makefiles.
CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles = Generates CodeBlocks project files.
Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles
= Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files.
KDevelop3 = Generates KDevelop 3 project files.
KDevelop3 - Unix Makefiles = Generates KDevelop 3 project files.

justin@justin-desktop:~$

[seaworthy4life]

It's also possible that by installing a bunch of QT, QT3, and QT4 develop files, I somehow got cmake updated to its current version, somehow without Synaptic being aware of it.