How to Install CMake on Linux

CMake is a powerful and versatile open-source build system that is widely used in the software development community. In this article, we will explore how to install CMake on Linux.

One of the first steps in installing CMake is to obtain the Qt framework, which is required by Make. While it may be possible to download Qt using apt-get, I needed the full version for another project and had it already installed on my system. You can download the Qt installer from their official website after creating a free account.

Once you have downloaded the installer, follow the default installation settings to install Qt to a folder of your choice (in this case, I installed it in a directory named 'Qt' in my home directory).

Next, we need to make sure that CMake can find the Qt CMake scripts. Unfortunately, Make cannot automatically locate these scripts, so we must manually configure them.

To build CMake with cmake-gui, you will need to set some variables in the CMake build script. In this example, I chose to configure the latest version of CMake using the apt-get version of CMake (although this may be confusing).

Finally, make-gui is compiled from the same repository as the CMake command-line tool, but the default build configuration for CMake does not include building cmake-gui, either the curses interface or the Qt interface.

In conclusion, installing CMake on Linux requires some manual configuration and setup. However, with these steps, you should be able to successfully install CMake and start using it in your projects.

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