[CMake] Building CMake on Windows

Brad King brad.king at kitware.com
Mon Jul 17 16:05:45 EDT 2006


Ryan Connelly wrote:
> I have a previous version of CMake installed on my system (Cmake 2.2).
> Currently, I am trying to build 2.4.2 from source using the existing
> cmake installation. After running the following command, cmake
> BUILD_FOR_VS2005:BOOL=ON , the cmake process seems to hang (or take a
> long time), and I can't seem generate a vs2005 solution.

CMake 2.2 came out before VC 2005 Professional or VCExpress, so it
supports building only with the 2005 beta.

I suggest getting a 2.4.2 binary and using that to build the source.

-Brad


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