[CMake] -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:string="g++"

[David Cole]

Try moving the quotes like this:
cmake ...... "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:string=g++" .......

On 8/8/07, Marie-Christine Vallet <mmvallet at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I would like to use g++ as my c compiler (which works) but cmake does
> not let me do that. Is this normal?
> Thanks again,
> Marie
>
>
>
> cmake -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER:string=g77
> -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:string="g++" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:string="g++"
>
>
>
> -- Check for working CXX compiler: g++
> -- Check for working CXX compiler: g++ -- works
> -- Check for working C compiler: g++
> -- Check for working C compiler: g++ -- broken
> CMake Error: The C compiler "g++" is not able to compile a simple test
> program.
> It fails with the following output:
> /usr/bin/gmake -f CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/build.make
> CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/build
> gmake[1]: Entering directory
> `/home/renault/kdeworkspace/skinmesh/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
> /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_progress_report
> /home/renault/kdeworkspace/skinmesh/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeFiles 1
> Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/testCCompiler.o
> /usr/bin/g++   -o CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/testCCompiler.o   -c
> /home/renault/kdeworkspace/skinmesh/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/testCCompiler.c
>
> /home/renault/kdeworkspace/skinmesh/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/testCCompiler.c:2:3:
> error: #error "The CMAKE_C_COMPILER is set to a C++ compiler"
> gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec.dir/testCCompiler.o] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/renault/kdeworkspace/skinmesh/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
> gmake: *** [cmTryCompileExec/fast] Error 2
>
>
> CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
> -- Configuring done
>
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