cmake

CMake is an open-source, cross-platform family of tools designed to build, test and package software. See documentation

Maintainers

• The Core Planners: chef-core-planners@chef.io

Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/cmake as a dependency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/cmake)

Runtime dependency

pkg_deps=(core/cmake)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/cmake --binlink

will add the following binaries to the PATH:

• /bin/cmake
• /bin/ctest
• /bin/cpack

For example:

$ hab pkg install core/cmake --binlink
» Installing core/cmake
☁ Determining latest version of core/cmake in the 'stable' channel
→ Found newer installed version (core/cmake/3.17.2/20200603132255) than remote version (core/cmake/3.17.2/20200601115812)
→ Using core/cmake/3.17.2/20200603132255
★ Install of core/cmake/3.17.2/20200603132255 complete with 0 new packages installed.
» Binlinking cmake from core/cmake/3.17.2/20200603132255 into /bin
★ Binlinked cmake from core/cmake/3.17.2/20200603132255 to /bin/cmake
» Binlinking ctest from core/cmake/3.17.2/20200603132255 into /bin
★ Binlinked ctest from core/cmake/3.17.2/20200603132255 to /bin/ctest
» Binlinking cpack from core/cmake/3.17.2/20200603132255 into /bin
★ Binlinked cpack from core/cmake/3.17.2/20200603132255 to /bin/cpack

Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal. For example:

/bin/cmake --help or cmake --help

$ cmake --help
Usage

  cmake [options] <path-to-source>
  cmake [options] <path-to-existing-build>
  cmake [options] -S <path-to-source> -B <path-to-build>
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