How to install and configure 'cmake' in MSYS2?
I have tried installing the following MSYS packages
I am getting the following error on running any cmake commands
'''
CMake Deprecation Warning at CMakeLists.txt:5 (cmake_minimum_required):
Compatibility with CMake < 2.8.12 will be removed from a future version of
CMake.
Update the VERSION argument value or use a ... suffix to tell
CMake that the project does not need compatibility with older versions.
-- The C compiler identification is unknown
-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:8 (project):
The CMAKE_C_COMPILER:
cl
is not a full path and was not found in the PATH.
To use the NMake generator with Visual C++, cmake must be run from a shell
that can use the compiler cl from the command line. This environment is
unable to invoke the cl compiler. To fix this problem, run cmake from the
Visual Studio Command Prompt (vcvarsall.bat).
Tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting either the environment
variable "CC" or the CMake cache entry CMAKE_C_COMPILER to the full path to
the compiler, or to the compiler name if it is in the PATH.
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:8 (project):
The CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:
cl
is not a full path and was not found in the PATH.
To use the NMake generator with Visual C++, cmake must be run from a shell
that can use the compiler cl from the command line. This environment is
unable to invoke the cl compiler. To fix this problem, run cmake from the
Visual Studio Command Prompt (vcvarsall.bat).
Tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting either the environment
variable "CXX" or the CMake cache entry CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to the full path
to the compiler, or to the compiler name if it is in the PATH.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
'''
Please help resolve this error.
CMake on Windows tries to use the MSVC compiler by default (cl). To make it use GCC, add following flags: -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++.
You can search for packages on https://packages.msys2.org and find cmake package :
pacman -S cmake
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I have a problem with this CMakeLists.txt file:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER C:/MinGW/bin/gcc)
SET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER C:/MinGW/bin/g++)
project(cmake_test)
add_executable(a.exe test.cpp)
Calling cmake with: cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" , it fails with the following output:
c:\Users\pietro.mele\projects\tests\buildSystem_test\cmake_test>cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" .
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 4.6.1
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 4.6.1
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/MinGW/bin/gcc
CMake Error: your C compiler: "C:/MinGW/bin/gcc" was not found. Please set CMAKE_C_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error: Internal CMake error, TryCompile configure of cmake failed
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/MinGW/bin/gcc -- broken
CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:52 (MESSAGE):
The C compiler "C:/MinGW/bin/gcc" is not able to compile a simple test
program.
CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:10 (project)
CMake Error: your C compiler: "C:/MinGW/bin/gcc" was not found. Please set CMAKE_C_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "C:/MinGW/bin/g++" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
However the gcc compiler is in C:/MinGW/bin/ and it works.
Any idea?
Platform:
Windows 7
MinGW/GCC 4.6
Never try to set the compiler in the CMakeLists.txt file.
See the CMake FAQ about how to use a different compiler:
https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/community/wikis/FAQ#how-do-i-use-a-different-compiler
(Note that you are attempting method #3 and the FAQ says "(avoid)"...)
We recommend avoiding the "in the CMakeLists" technique because there are problems with it when a different compiler was used for a first configure, and then the CMakeLists file changes to try setting a different compiler... And because the intent of a CMakeLists file should be to work with multiple compilers, according to the preference of the developer running CMake.
The best method is to set the environment variables CC and CXX before calling CMake for the very first time in a build tree.
After CMake detects what compilers to use, it saves them in the CMakeCache.txt file so that it can still generate proper build systems even if those variables disappear from the environment...
If you ever need to change compilers, you need to start with a fresh build tree.
I had similar problem as Pietro,
I am on Window 10 and using "Git Bash".
I tried to execute >>cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles", but I got the same error as Pietro.
Then, I tried >>cmake -G "MSYS Makefiles", but realized that I need to set my environment correctly.
Make sure set a path to C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin and check if you have gcc.exe there. If gcc.exe is not there then you have to run C:/MinGW/bin/mingw-get.exe and install gcc from MSYS.
After that it works fine for me
Using with FILEPATH option might work:
set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH C:/MinGW/bin/gcc.exe)
I had the same issue. And in my case the fix was pretty simple. The trick is to simply add the ".exe" to your compilers path. So, instead of :
SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER C:/MinGW/bin/gcc)
It should be
SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER C:/MinGW/bin/gcc.exe)
The same applies for g++.
Following this post, if I run cmake .. inside my build folder with no options I get the error:
CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "Unix Makefiles". CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set. You probably need to select a different build tool.
CMake Error: CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
CMake Error: CMAKE_C_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
CMake Error: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
which I can solve by running
cmake .. -D CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM:PATH=/mingw64/bin/mingw32-make
However, I want to set the CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM from inside the CMakeLists.txt file. I tried the
if(MSYS)
set(CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM /mingw64/bin/mingw32-make)
endif(MSYS)
but it doesn't work. I would appreciate it if you could help me know how I can resolve this problem.
P.S.1. Here is the code.
P.S.2. I tried the
set(CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM /mingw64/bin/mingw32-makemingw32-make CACHE FILEPATH "" FORCE)
as suggested in the comments but it did not help.
P.S.3. My operating system is Windows 10 version 1909, and I'm running the above commands in MSYS2 terminal MSYS_NT-10.0-18363
Ok, I think I solved the problem. From here, I needed to install the MSYS2's make:
pacman -S make
This seems like a trend too me. I have recently had several problems in MSYS2 which have been resolved by removing the MinGW package and replacing it with the MSYS2 package. So it tells me that when working inside MSYS2 I should favor MSYS2 packages if they are available.
I'd like to use CMake to generate makefiles for non C project. I don't need a C compiler to build my project. As a matter of fact, I don't have a C compiler installed on the host machine.
My CMakeLists.txt looks like:
cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
project (the_thing.html)
LIST(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules/cmake-pandocology")
INCLUDE(pandocology)
add_document(
TARGET the_thing
OUTPUT_FILE the_thing.html
SOURCES the_thing.md
)
When I run cmake on my windows machine:
$ mkdir dict && cd dist
$ cmake .. -G"Unix Makefiles"
-- The C compiler identification is unknown
-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:2 (project):
No CMAKE_C_COMPILER could be found.
Tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting either the environment
variable "CC" or the CMake cache entry CMAKE_C_COMPILER to the full path to
the compiler, or to the compiler name if it is in the PATH.
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:2 (project):
No CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER could be found.
Tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting either the environment
variable "CXX" or the CMake cache entry CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to the full path
to the compiler, or to the compiler name if it is in the PATH.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also ".../dist/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also ".../dist/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
Those two logfiles give no additional clue. How do I fix that project for it to ignore the absence of a C (and C++) compiler?
You need to explicitly say there are no languages.
project("the_thing.html"
LANGUAGES
NONE
)
That's from one of my projects, but it uses modern CMake (your minimum version is 2.6). The above may work for you, but if not this should do it:
project("the_thing.html" NONE)
For a new project we want to use CMake. We are using Eclipse CDT as IDE and Cygwin gcc.
We generated the CMakeLists.txt and followed [this tutorial (option 2)][1].
When I try to run the described Make target to generate the Makefiles with CMake, which executes
cmake -E chdir C:/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/ cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" ../ Run CMake
I get the error
CMake Error: The source directory "C:/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/CMake" does not exist.
If I run the command directly from a Cygwin console it works just fine, however then I have to run make also from the Cygwin console, because the Makefiles are generated with Unix paths.
EDIT:
So I fixed this issue (see my answer below).
But I'm still having problems.
When I try to run CMake as Make target in Eclipse as suggested in the tutorial I get the following errors:
cmake -E chdir Build/ cmake -G 'Unix Makefiles' ../
-- The C compiler identification is unknown
-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
System is unknown to cmake, create:
Platform/MINGW32_NT-6.1 to use this system, please send your config file to cmake#www.cmake.org so it can be added to cmake
Your CMakeCache.txt file was copied to CopyOfCMakeCache.txt. Please send that file to cmake#www.cmake.org.
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc.exe
System is unknown to cmake, create:
Platform/MINGW32_NT-6.1 to use this system, please send your config file to cmake#www.cmake.org so it can be added to cmake
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc.exe -- broken
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8.9/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:52 (MESSAGE):
The C compiler "/usr/bin/gcc.exe" is not able to compile a simple test
program.
It fails with the following output:
Change Dir: /cygdrive/c/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/CMakeFiles CMakeTmp
Run Build Command:/usr/bin/make.exe "cmTryCompileExec726566634/fast"
/usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/build.make
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/build
make[1]: Entering directory
'/cygdrive/c/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
/usr/bin/cmake.exe -E cmake_progress_report
/cygdrive/c/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeFiles
1
Building C object
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj
/usr/bin/gcc.exe -o
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj -c
/cygdrive/c/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/testCCompiler.c
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/build.make:60: recipe for target
'CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj' failed
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/cygdrive/c/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj]
Error 1
Makefile:117: recipe for target 'cmTryCompileExec726566634/fast' failed
make: *** [cmTryCompileExec726566634/fast] Error 2
CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:3 (project)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
Seems like for some reason CMake assumes I have an MinGW environment and not Cygwin.
EDIT2
MinGW system was assumed, because a Git installation was in PATH before Cygwin and Git's uname command was used (which returns MinGW).
If you check "Make Target - Same as the target name" in Eclipse's Make dialog, Eclipse will add a
Run CMake
to the command (see question), which is misinterpreted by CMake.
I just unchecked "Same as the target name".
I would like to force CMake to use the "Unix Makefiles" generator from within CMakeLists.txt.
This is the command I use now.
cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" .
I would like it to be this.
cmake .
When running on windows with VC installed and a custom tool-chain.
I would expect to be-able to set the generator in the CMakeLists.txt file.
Maybe something like this.
set(CMAKE_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles")
Here is what worked for me - create a file called PreLoad.cmake in your project dir containing this:
set (CMAKE_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles" CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
It seems to me that the variable CMAKE_GENERATOR is set too late if set in the CMakeLists.txt. If you use (even at the beginning of CMakeLists.txt)
set(CMAKE_GENERATOR "Ninja")
message("generator is set to ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}")
you can see in the output something like
% cmake ../source
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 4.9.2
...
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
generator is set to Ninja
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /tmp/build
So the variable is only set at the very end of the generation procedure. If you use something like
set(CMAKE_GENERATOR "Ninja" CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
in CMakeLists.txt, then in the very first run of cmake ../source (without -G) the default generator is used. The variable CMAKE_GENERATOR is stored in the cache, though. So if you rerun cmake ../source afterwards, it will use the generator as specified in the CMAKE_GENERATOR variable in the cache.
This is surely not the most elegant solution, though ;-) Maybe use a batch file that will actually execute the cmake -G generator for the user...
This is not what I get, when I run the same command, cmake will look for a gcc compiler / make utility. If the PATH is not set up correctly it will fail with something like:
D:\Development\build>cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" ..\source
CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "Unix Makefiles". CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set.
You probably need to select a different build tool.
CMake Error: Error required internal CMake variable not set, cmake may be not be built correctly.
Missing variable is:
CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ENV_VAR
CMake Error: Error required internal CMake variable not set, cmake may be not be built correctly.
Missing variable is:
CMAKE_C_COMPILER
CMake Error: Could not find cmake module file:D:/Development/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeCCompiler.cmake
CMake Error: Error required internal CMake variable not set, cmake may be not be built correctly.
Missing variable is:
CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ENV_VAR
CMake Error: Error required internal CMake variable not set, cmake may be not be built correctly.
Missing variable is:
CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER
CMake Error: Could not find cmake module file:D:/Development/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeCXXCompiler.cmake
CMake Error: CMAKE_C_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
CMake Error: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
when gcc / mingw is in the path then everything works fine. So could you provide more information as to your PATH variable or CMAKE version?
You need to set the generator at the Generate stage so it is written into the cache.
You only need to run this command once for the first configuration
cmake .. -DCMAKE_GENERATOR:INTERNAL=Ninja
This will configure Ninja as the default generator.
Later you can simply run
cmake ..
And it would use the Ninja generator as default
You can read more about it under Running CMake from the command line
When running cmake from the command line, it is possible to specify command line options to cmake that will set values in the cache. This is done with a -DVARIABLE:TYPE=VALUE syntax on the command line. This is useful for non-interactive nightly test builds.
CMake 3.19 introduces a new feature - presets. So, to select proper generator automatically, you can specify it name in CMakePresets.json.
Full description for these files available here: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-presets.7.html