[CMake] CPack isn't working - getting Internal CMake error

[Steve Andrews]

That's it.  Making a package works now.  I thought it was something
trivial, but I didn't know what.  Thank you very much!

-Steve



On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:06 PM, David Cole <dlrdave at aol.com> wrote:

> Sounds like a permissions problem. Did you previously run “sudo make
> install” in the same build tree? (And now you’re trying “make package”
> without the sudo...?)
>
> Or something like that?
>
>
>  *From:* sandrews
> *Sent:* March 4, 2013 2:11 PM
> *To:* cmake at cmake.org
> *Subject:* [CMake] CPack isn't working - getting Internal CMake error
>
> Hi CMake experts,
>
> I'm trying to create a package with CPack and it's not working, so I'm
> hoping that someone can help me.  I have a reasonably lengthy
> CMakeLists.txt
> file, all of which works well.  My software finds libraries, makes,
> installs, etc.  At the end, I tacked on the line:
>
> include(CPack)
>
> This is my only line about CPack.  I was hoping that this would be
> sufficient to create a package.  However, when I type "make package", I get
> the following output:
>
> [ 34%] Built target smoldyn
> [ 67%] Built target smoldyn_shared
> [100%] Built target smoldyn_static
> Run CPack packaging tool...
> CPack: Create package using PackageMaker
> CPack: Install projects
> CPack: - Run preinstall target for: smoldyn
> CPack: - Install project: smoldyn
> CMake Error at /Users/steveandrews/Smoldyn/cmake/cmake_install.cmake:74
> (FILE):
>    file Internal CMake error when trying to open file:
>    /Users/steveandrews/Smoldyn/cmake/install_manifest.txt for
>    writing.
>
> ... (several more of the same errors) ...
>
> CPack Error: Error when generating package: smoldyn
> make: *** [package] Error 1
>
> My install_manifest.txt file is there, looks good, etc.  This looks like a
> bug in CMake, although I'm guessing that I'm just using it wrong.  Can
> someone enlighten me?  By the way, I'm using CMake version 2.8.10.2,
> running
> on a Mac with OS 10.6.8.
>
> Thanks!
> -Steve
>
>
>
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