[CMake] cmake 2.4.8 RC 4

Brandon Van Every bvanevery at gmail.com
Sat Dec 22 13:35:24 EST 2007


On Dec 22, 2007 1:00 PM, Bill Hoffman <bill.hoffman at kitware.com> wrote:
>
> So, how does it work?  Where is mate installed?  I have one simple
> requirement:
>
> 1. you install cmake
> 2. you can run it from the command line, or from the gui without
> modifying additional things.
>
> I don't think that is too much to ask.  If the user has to edit .profile
> or something else, I don't think it is acceptable.  I will get
> complaints, "I installed cmake, and I run cmake and it says file not
> found."  Saying that cmake is for developers is not true.  People use
> CMake to build things like ParaView.  They may not be developers at all,
> they just want to build some open source tool.

Having followed this thread, I realize I'm now confused about
installation practices in the Apple universe.  On Windows we run an
installer.  If we want CMake included in the path, whatever path we
chose, we check a box.  Do people not do this sort of thing on Macs?


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every


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