Saturday, August 9, 2014

Installing CMake on Windows 8.1

Building project requires the CMake utility.  CMake can be obtained from the CMake download page.  For now I suggest installing the latest 2.8 version, which is 2.8.12.2.  There is a newer version (3.0.1 at this time), but Linux only has 2.8.7 (Linux Mint 13/Ubuntu 12.04) or 2.8.12.2 (with kubuntu backports or Linux Mint 17/Ubuntu 14.04).  This project only requires 2.8, so 2.8.12.2 for Windows is sufficient.

Open the cmake‑2.8.12.2‑win32‑x86.exe download file and accept the User Control Access if asked.  Click through and accept the license.  On the Install Options dialog, select the Add CMake to the system PATH for all users or current user as desired, and the Create CMake Desktop Icon if desired.   Continue clicking through and finally click Finish.

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