[CMake] generate VC project w/o VS installed.

[Brian Little]

I am no CMake expert, but I don't believe you will be able to generate for a
build tool you do not have installed.  When you first run CMake for a new
build tool it performs some checks on the compiler (like determining the size
of void *) which requires it to actually compile a small program.  So,
without the tool, I believe it will not work.

 

Brian Little

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From: cmake-bounces+brian.little=emergent.net at cmake.org
[mailto:cmake-bounces+brian.little=emergent.net at cmake.org] On Behalf Of Chen
Li
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 10:00 PM
To: cmake at cmake.org
Subject: [CMake] generate VC project w/o VS installed.

 

HI, all.

 

How can I generate VC project and solution files on machine WITHOUT Visual
Studio installed?

 

If I run "cmake .", I'll get error message like this:

 

CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to
"Visual Studio 6".  CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set.  You probably need to
select a different build tool.
CMake Error: Could not find cmake module
file:D:/chenli/tmp/a/CMakeFiles/CMakeCCompiler.cmake 
CMake Error: Could not find cmake module
file:D:/chenli/tmp/a/CMakeFiles/CMakeCXXCompiler.cmake
 

I've also tried using -G parameter to specify generator to "Visual Studio 8
2005", but no luck.

 

I'm really new to cmake. So if this question is basic, please forgive me.
I've read FAQ and googled, still no answer :(

 

Thanks.

-Chen

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