[CMake] Problem getting bootstrap to enable Fortran and JAVA

Bill Hoffman bill.hoffman at kitware.com
Tue Aug 18 13:09:22 EDT 2009


Kotcher, Danny wrote:
> Hello
>  
> I bootstrapped cmake on a x86_64 Linux cluster and have been doing C++ 
> successfully.
>  
> When attempting a Fortran project, I got the message:
>  
> "CMake Error: Error required internal CMake variable not set, cmake may 
> not be built correctly.
> Missing variable is:
> CMAKE_COMPILER_ENV_VAR"
>  
> I bought the book, and section 11.2 tells me that "project (f Fortran) " 
> enables Fortran.  Where is the project command specified?  Is it in the 
> "--init=FILE" file passed to bootstrap?  What is the format of that file?
>  

The project command should be the second command in your project right 
after the cmake_minimum_required.

Something like this:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.4 FATAL_ERROR)
project(MyProject C CXX Fortran)

-Bill


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