[cmake-developers] Compiling static/stand-alone CMake.exe

[Venedict Tchistopolskii]

I was building it via VStudio and generating the solution via CMake, is
that wrong?

I need cmake-gui.exe to be built too, would that work with this install
path setting?

VT

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 9:12 AM Kyle Edwards <kyle.edwards at kitware.com>
wrote:

> I forgot to mention - building it this way doesn't require the use of a
> toolchain file - it was in response to this:
>
> > *Trying to do so because building CMake without toolchain gives me the
> below; After I move cmake.exe to another directory:*
>
> If you build it as I laid out below, you won't need a toolchain file. Hope
> this helps!
>
> Kyle
>
>
> On Thu, 2019-01-24 at 12:09 -0500, Kyle Edwards wrote:
>
> Venedict,
>
> To relocate cmake.exe, it's not sufficient to just copy the executable -
> you have to install all of the modules along with it. You do this by
> running the "install" target.
>
> Given a path to where you want to put CMake, you would build it like this:
>
> cmake C:/Path/To/CMake/Source
> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:/Path/To/Where/I/Want/To/Install
> cmake --build .
> cmake --build . --target install
>
> This will install cmake.exe along with all of its dependencies.
>
> Kyle
>
> On Thu, 2019-01-24 at 08:42 -0800, Venedict Tchistopolskii wrote:
>
> Hey there!
>
> *Current toolchain file for compiling CMake using CMake (on WIndows):*
> SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Windows)
> set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
> set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
> set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
> set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PACKAGE ONLY)
> set(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE STATIC_LIBRARY)
>
> *Unfortunately this konks out with:*
> CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they
> are set to NOTFOUND.
> Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the
> CMake files:
> LIBMD_LIBRARY
>     linked by target "cmTC_356fd" in directory
> D:/GitHub/custom_cmake/solutions_cmake/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
>
> *Trying to do so because building CMake without toolchain gives me the
> below; After I move cmake.exe to another directory:*
> CMake Error: Could not find CMAKE_ROOT !!!
> CMake has most likely not been installed correctly.
> Modules directory not found in
>
> Usage
>
>   cmake [options] <path-to-source>
>   cmake [options] <path-to-existing-build>
>   cmake [options] -S <path-to-source> -B <path-to-build>
>
> Specify a source directory to (re-)generate a build system for it in the
> current working directory.  Specify an existing build directory to
> re-generate its build system.
>
> Run 'cmake --help' for more information.
>
>
>
> *Please advise!!*
>
> *VT*
>
>
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