[SOLVED] cmake build crashes when running as user

Tim Johnson · 04-05-2010, 08:27 PM

Using slack 13.0 32-bit.
I built cmake from source following instructions from the bootstrap
executable.

The build was done as root.
When I run

Code:

cmake --version

as root I get the expected message.

Code:

cmake version 2.8.1

When I run

Code:

cmake --version

as user I get

Code:

CMake Error: Could not find CMAKE_ROOT !!!
CMake has most likely not been installed correctly.
Modules directory not found in
/usr/local/bin
Segmentation fault

I don't get a value for env variable CMAKE_ROOT from either
root or user.
Neither do I see a `Modules' directory under /usr/local/bin
Any ideas?
thanks
tim

XGizzmo · 04-05-2010, 09:12 PM

Why not use Slackware's cmake SlackBuild to build cmake 2.8.1 all you should have to do is bump the version in the build.

H_TeXMeX_H · 04-06-2010, 07:39 AM

I thought cmake now comes with Slackware, at least in 13.0, you should get the official package.

Tim Johnson · 04-06-2010, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XGizzmo

Why not use Slackware's cmake SlackBuild to build cmake 2.8.1 all you should have to do is bump the version in the build.

Since the last posting - I have rebuilt using cmake.
The same symptoms persist.

Tim Johnson · 04-06-2010, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

I thought cmake now comes with Slackware, at least in 13.0, you should get the official package.

It does. The installation of the awesome window manager requires the
later version.

a4z · 04-07-2010, 07:54 AM

my CMAKE_ROOT root points to /usr/share/cmake-2.8, the modules directory is in there

Tim Johnson · 04-07-2010, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a4z

my CMAKE_ROOT root points to /usr/share/cmake-2.8, the modules directory is in there

My modules directory is in /usr/local/share/cmake-2.8
How do I point CMAKE_ROOT to /usr/local/share/cmake-2.8?

thanks
tim

H_TeXMeX_H · 04-07-2010, 10:34 AM

It looks like a variable so you could do:

Code:

export CMAKE_ROOT=/usr/local/share/cmake-2.8

Tim Johnson · 04-07-2010, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

It looks like a variable so you could do:

Code:

export CMAKE_ROOT=/usr/local/share/cmake-2.8

I thought that too, but I decided to rebuild cmake, so deleted the
cmake binaries from /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/share/cmake-2.8

Now attempting to build for /usr/local/bin, after running ccmake I'm getting this error message:

Quote:

CMake Error: The source directory "/usr/local/bin" does not appear to contain CMakeLists.txt.
Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.

Time doesn't permit me to pursue this further right now, so I will
report back after trying a couple other things doing some research.
thanks
tim

mwiegand · 08-10-2011, 10:15 AM

Tim,
I encounter the same problem.
If you specify a different install directory:
../bootstrap --prefix=/opt/cmake-2.8.5

Then the install works OK:
/opt/cmake-2.8.5/bin/cmake --version
cmake version 2.8.5

mule.ear · 10-15-2014, 03:31 PM

As a user, I could not run cmake.

CMake Error: Could not find CMAKE_ROOT !!!
CMake has most likely not been installed correctly.
Modules directory not found in
/usr/local/bin
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

My solution
as root:

cd /usr/local/share
chmod o+rx cmake-3.0/
cd cmake-3.0/
chmod o+rx ./*

I guess the other way would be to change root's umask when doing the install.