Objective
I wanted to use the newest available version of CMake (version 3.12.0-rc1) on Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia.
Motivation
My company started using CMake as a Meta-Build-System in combination with Visual Studio 2017 in a brand new software project. Because of this fact, I had the opportunity, to attend a Modern CMake seminar at Eclipseina GmbH, covering most features of Modern CMake.
As Visual Studio 2017 comes with a CMake-component of version 3.10.0 already, I wanted at least to be able to use the same version of CMake on my Linux Mint 18.3 at home.
Modern CMake requires at least CMake version 3.x.
Unfortunately, the repository of Linux Mint 18.3 only supports a Debian package installer for CMake 3.5.1. The homepage of CMake at cmake.org only offers an install script, without uninstaller. I don't want to pollute my system with early access versions of software packages that I cannot clearly uninstall later.
In contrary, I wanted to be able to install and uninstall any version of CMake. Therefore I needed to build my own Debian install package (*.deb) for CMake.
Prerequisites
- Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia - Cinnamon (64 Bit)
- GCC 7.3.0 (build essential or update-alternatives)
Solution
Install CMake locally
Open a terminal. Download and install the CMake installer script:
$> mkdir Downloads
$> cd Downloads
$> wget https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64.sh
$> cd Downloads
$> wget https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64.sh
you'll see some output like this:
--2018-06-19 22:58:04-- https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64.sh
Resolving cmake.org (cmake.org)... 66.194.253.19
Connecting to cmake.org (cmake.org)|66.194.253.19|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 30260259 (29M) [text/x-sh]
Saving to: ‘cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64.sh.1’
cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64.sh 100%[==========================================================>] 28,86M 6,02MB/s in 5,3s
2018-06-19 22:58:10 (5,41 MB/s) - ‘cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64.sh.1’ saved [30260259/30260259]
Resolving cmake.org (cmake.org)... 66.194.253.19
Connecting to cmake.org (cmake.org)|66.194.253.19|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 30260259 (29M) [text/x-sh]
Saving to: ‘cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64.sh.1’
cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64.sh 100%[==========================================================>] 28,86M 6,02MB/s in 5,3s
2018-06-19 22:58:10 (5,41 MB/s) - ‘cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64.sh.1’ saved [30260259/30260259]
Now, set the executable flag for the downloaded script and start the temporary local install as normal user
$> chmod u+x cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64.sh
$> ./cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64.sh
$> ./cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64.sh
CMake Installer Version: 3.12.0-rc1, Copyright (c) Kitware
This is a self-extracting archive.
The archive will be extracted to: /home/cschmidt/Downloads
If you want to stop extracting, please press.
CMake - Cross Platform Makefile Generator
Copyright 2000-2018 Kitware, Inc. and Contributors
All rights reserved.
[...]
Do you accept the license? [yN]:
This is a self-extracting archive.
The archive will be extracted to: /home/cschmidt/Downloads
If you want to stop extracting, please press
CMake - Cross Platform Makefile Generator
Copyright 2000-2018 Kitware, Inc. and Contributors
All rights reserved.
[...]
Do you accept the license? [yN]:
Accept the license, by typing
'y'.By default the CMake will be installed in:
"/home/cschmidt/Downloads/cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64"
Do you want to include the subdirectory cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64?
Saying no will install in: "/home/cschmidt/Downloads" [Yn]:
"/home/cschmidt/Downloads/cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64"
Do you want to include the subdirectory cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64?
Saying no will install in: "/home/cschmidt/Downloads" [Yn]:
Accept the default path, by typing
'Y'.Using target directory: /home/cschmidt/Downloads/cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64
Extracting, please wait...
Unpacking finished successfully
Extracting, please wait...
Unpacking finished successfully
To be able to use the locally installed CMake, you must add it's binary directory to your environment path:
(Of course, you must use the path from above that reflects your install directory and add a
"/bin" path-component here)$> PATH=$PATH:/home/cschmidt/Downloads/cmake-3.12.0-rc1-Linux-x86_64/bin
Download and extract the CMake source package
$> wget https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz
--2018-06-19 23:15:38-- https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz
Resolving cmake.org (cmake.org)... 66.194.253.19
Connecting to cmake.org (cmake.org)|66.194.253.19|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 8089283 (7,7M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz.1’
cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz.1 100%[==========================================================>] 7,71M 3,46MB/s in 2,2s
2018-06-19 23:15:42 (3,46 MB/s) - ‘cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz.1’ saved [8089283/8089283]
Resolving cmake.org (cmake.org)... 66.194.253.19
Connecting to cmake.org (cmake.org)|66.194.253.19|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 8089283 (7,7M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz.1’
cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz.1 100%[==========================================================>] 7,71M 3,46MB/s in 2,2s
2018-06-19 23:15:42 (3,46 MB/s) - ‘cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz.1’ saved [8089283/8089283]
Extract the source tar-gz package:
$> tar -xvzf cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/.clang-format
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/.clang-tidy
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Auxiliary/
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Auxiliary/bash-completion/
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Auxiliary/bash-completion/cmake
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Auxiliary/bash-completion/CMakeLists.txt
[...]
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Utilities/Sphinx/static/cmake-favicon.ico
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Utilities/Sphinx/static/cmake-logo-16.png
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Utilities/Sphinx/static/cmake.css
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Utilities/Sphinx/templates/
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Utilities/Sphinx/templates/layout.html
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/.clang-tidy
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Auxiliary/
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Auxiliary/bash-completion/
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Auxiliary/bash-completion/cmake
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Auxiliary/bash-completion/CMakeLists.txt
[...]
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Utilities/Sphinx/static/cmake-favicon.ico
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Utilities/Sphinx/static/cmake-logo-16.png
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Utilities/Sphinx/static/cmake.css
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Utilities/Sphinx/templates/
cmake-3.12.0-rc1/Utilities/Sphinx/templates/layout.html
Compile CMake from source using your temporary CMake installation
$> cd cmake-3.12.0-rc1
$> mkdir build
$> cd build/
$> cmake ..
$> mkdir build
$> cd build/
$> cmake ..
CMake does some checks of your system and builds the binaries from source, which takes a while ...
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 7.3.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 7.3.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
[...]
-- Performing Test run_inlines_hidden_test
-- Performing Test run_inlines_hidden_test - Success
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/cschmidt/Downloads/cmake-3.12.0-rc1/build
cschmidt@gimli:~/Downloads/cmake-3.12.0-rc1/build$ make
Scanning dependencies of target cmsys_c
[ 0%] Building C object Source/kwsys/CMakeFiles/cmsys_c.dir/ProcessUNIX.c.o
[ 0%] Building C object Source/kwsys/CMakeFiles/cmsys_c.dir/Base64.c.o
[...]
[ 1%] Building C object Source/kwsys/CMakeFiles/cmsys_c.dir/String.c.o
[ 1%] Linking C static library libcmsys_c.a
[...]
Scanning dependencies of target foo
[100%] Building CXX object Tests/FindPackageModeMakefileTest/CMakeFiles/foo.dir/foo.cpp.o
[100%] Linking CXX static library libfoo.a
[100%] Built target foo
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 7.3.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
[...]
-- Performing Test run_inlines_hidden_test
-- Performing Test run_inlines_hidden_test - Success
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/cschmidt/Downloads/cmake-3.12.0-rc1/build
cschmidt@gimli:~/Downloads/cmake-3.12.0-rc1/build$ make
Scanning dependencies of target cmsys_c
[ 0%] Building C object Source/kwsys/CMakeFiles/cmsys_c.dir/ProcessUNIX.c.o
[ 0%] Building C object Source/kwsys/CMakeFiles/cmsys_c.dir/Base64.c.o
[...]
[ 1%] Building C object Source/kwsys/CMakeFiles/cmsys_c.dir/String.c.o
[ 1%] Linking C static library libcmsys_c.a
[...]
Scanning dependencies of target foo
[100%] Building CXX object Tests/FindPackageModeMakefileTest/CMakeFiles/foo.dir/foo.cpp.o
[100%] Linking CXX static library libfoo.a
[100%] Built target foo
Build the Debian package (*.deb)
If
checkinstall is not installed on your machine, you can install it via:$> sudo apt-get install checkinstall
On mine, it's already available, therefore...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
checkinstall is already the newest version (1.6.2-4ubuntu1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
checkinstall is already the newest version (1.6.2-4ubuntu1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Normally
checkinstall needs to be run as root and does not only build the package, but also install the software.To just build the package, without
root privileges and without automatically installing it, we have to run checkinstall using fakeroot.$> fakeroot checkinstall --install=no --fstrans=yes
checkinstall 1.6.2, Copyright 2009 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
This software is released under the GNU GPL.
The package documentation directory ./doc-pak does not exist.
Should I create a default set of package docs? [y]: y
This software is released under the GNU GPL.
The package documentation directory ./doc-pak does not exist.
Should I create a default set of package docs? [y]: y
Confirm the question with
'y'.Preparing package documentation...OK
*** No known documentation files were found. The new package
*** won't include a documentation directory.
*****************************************
**** Debian package creation selected ***
*****************************************
This package will be built according to these values:
0 - Maintainer: [ cschmidt@gimli ]
1 - Summary: [ CMake Release Candidate (3.12.0-rc1) ]
2 - Name: [ build ]
3 - Version: [ 20180618 ]
4 - Release: [ 1 ]
5 - License: [ GPL ]
6 - Group: [ checkinstall ]
7 - Architecture: [ amd64 ]
8 - Source location: [ build ]
9 - Alternate source location: [ ]
10 - Requires: [ ]
11 - Provides: [ build ]
12 - Conflicts: [ ]
13 - Replaces: [ ]
*** No known documentation files were found. The new package
*** won't include a documentation directory.
*****************************************
**** Debian package creation selected ***
*****************************************
This package will be built according to these values:
0 - Maintainer: [ cschmidt@gimli ]
1 - Summary: [ CMake Release Candidate (3.12.0-rc1) ]
2 - Name: [ build ]
3 - Version: [ 20180618 ]
4 - Release: [ 1 ]
5 - License: [ GPL ]
6 - Group: [ checkinstall ]
7 - Architecture: [ amd64 ]
8 - Source location: [ build ]
9 - Alternate source location: [ ]
10 - Requires: [ ]
11 - Provides: [ build ]
12 - Conflicts: [ ]
13 - Replaces: [ ]
Now you have the opportunity to change some meta-data, e.g. name and URL:
Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue: 0
Enter the maintainer's name and e-mail address:
>> cwschmidt
Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue: 9
Enter the alternate source location:
>> https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz
Enter the maintainer's name and e-mail address:
>> cwschmidt
Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue: 9
Enter the alternate source location:
>> https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz
This package will be built according to these values:
0 - Maintainer: [ cwschmidt ]
1 - Summary: [ CMake Release Candidate (3.12.0-rc1) ]
2 - Name: [ build ]
3 - Version: [ 20180618 ]
4 - Release: [ 1 ]
5 - License: [ GPL ]
6 - Group: [ checkinstall ]
7 - Architecture: [ amd64 ]
8 - Source location: [ build ]
9 - Alternate source location: [ https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz ]
10 - Requires: [ ]
11 - Provides: [ build ]
12 - Conflicts: [ ]
13 - Replaces: [ ]
Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue:
0 - Maintainer: [ cwschmidt ]
1 - Summary: [ CMake Release Candidate (3.12.0-rc1) ]
2 - Name: [ build ]
3 - Version: [ 20180618 ]
4 - Release: [ 1 ]
5 - License: [ GPL ]
6 - Group: [ checkinstall ]
7 - Architecture: [ amd64 ]
8 - Source location: [ build ]
9 - Alternate source location: [ https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.0-rc1.tar.gz ]
10 - Requires: [ ]
11 - Provides: [ build ]
12 - Conflicts: [ ]
13 - Replaces: [ ]
Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue:
Finally, press Enter to continue
Installing with make install...
========================= Installation results ===========================
[ 1%] Built target cmsys_c
[ 2%] Built target cmsysTestsC
[ 4%] Built target cmsys
[...]
[100%] Built target pseudo_tidy
[100%] Built target pseudo_cppcheck
[100%] Built target foo
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: ""
-- Installing: /usr/local/doc/cmake-3.12/Copyright.txt
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Help
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Help/prop_dir
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Help/prop_dir/VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_PRE_section.rst
[...]
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Modules
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Modules/FindCurses.cmake
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Modules/FindWget.cmake
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Modules/FindAVIFile.cmake
[...]
-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/cmake
-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/ctest
-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/cpack
[...]
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/completions/cmake
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/completions/cpack
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/completions/ctest
======================== Installation successful ==========================
Some of the files created by the installation are inside the home directory: /home
You probably don't want them to be included in the package.
Do you want me to list them? [n]: y
Should I exclude them from the package? (Saying yes is a good idea) [n]: y
========================= Installation results ===========================
[ 1%] Built target cmsys_c
[ 2%] Built target cmsysTestsC
[ 4%] Built target cmsys
[...]
[100%] Built target pseudo_tidy
[100%] Built target pseudo_cppcheck
[100%] Built target foo
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: ""
-- Installing: /usr/local/doc/cmake-3.12/Copyright.txt
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Help
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Help/prop_dir
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Help/prop_dir/VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_PRE_section.rst
[...]
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Modules
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Modules/FindCurses.cmake
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Modules/FindWget.cmake
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/Modules/FindAVIFile.cmake
[...]
-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/cmake
-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/ctest
-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/cpack
[...]
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/completions/cmake
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/completions/cpack
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/cmake-3.12/completions/ctest
======================== Installation successful ==========================
Some of the files created by the installation are inside the home directory: /home
You probably don't want them to be included in the package.
Do you want me to list them? [n]: y
Should I exclude them from the package? (Saying yes is a good idea) [n]: y
You were ask, to exclude the files that were placed in your home-directory.
To inspect the list, answer the first question with
'y'.Answer the second question to exclude the files in the home-directory with
'y'.Copying files to the temporary directory...OK
Stripping ELF binaries and libraries...OK
Compressing man pages...OK
Building file list...OK
Building Debian package...OK
NOTE: The package will not be installed
Erasing temporary files...OK
Writing backup package...OK
OK
Deleting temp dir...OK
**********************************************************************
Done. The new package has been saved to
/home/cschmidt/Downloads/cmake-3.12.0-rc1/build/build_20180618-1_amd64.deb
You can install it in your system anytime using:
dpkg -i build_20180618-1_amd64.deb
**********************************************************************
Stripping ELF binaries and libraries...OK
Compressing man pages...OK
Building file list...OK
Building Debian package...OK
NOTE: The package will not be installed
Erasing temporary files...OK
Writing backup package...OK
OK
Deleting temp dir...OK
**********************************************************************
Done. The new package has been saved to
/home/cschmidt/Downloads/cmake-3.12.0-rc1/build/build_20180618-1_amd64.deb
You can install it in your system anytime using:
dpkg -i build_20180618-1_amd64.deb
**********************************************************************
Finished. You can install the newly created package, by typing
$> sudo dpkg -i build_20180618-1_amd64.deb
or with your debian package manager with a double-click on the file "build_20180618-1_amd64.deb".
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