CMake¶

CMake is a build tool commonly used when compiling other libraries.

Usage¶

CMake can be loaded with:

module load compilers/cmake/3.3.0

Usage often involves:

Creating and cd-ing into a dedicated build directory within a source tree then
Running something like cmake -DSOME_OPTION -DANOTHER_OPTION ..

Installation¶

Run the following commands:

module load apps/python/2.7

./bootstrap --prefix=/usr/local/packages6/cmake/3.3.0/
--mandir=/usr/local/packages6/cmake/3.3.0/man --sphinx-man

gmake -j8

gmake install

Module file:

module-whatis    loads the necessary `cmake-3.3.0' library paths
prepend-path     PATH /usr/local/packages6/cmake/3.3.0/bin
prepend-path     MANPATH /usr/local/packages6/cmake/3.3.0/man