[CastXML] Building CastXML on a linux machine

[Steve Robbins]

Castxml has been packaged for debian/Ubuntu already.  It's pretty recent so apt-get may not work for your distribution.   But you can look at the source package to see in detail how to build it. 

  

On November 26, 2015 12:24:40 AM CST, "Uğur Büyükdurak" <ugurbd at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am trying to build CastXML on a Ubuntu machine. There are couple
>problems
>I have faced but wasn't able to solve. From castxml's github page,
>
>To build CastXML from source, first obtain the prerequisites:
>
>   - A C++ compiler supporting the c++11 standard language level.
> - CMake <http://www.cmake.org/> cross-platform build system generator.
>  - LLVM/Clang <http://clang.llvm.org/> compiler SDK install tree built
>   using the C++ compiler. This version of CastXML has been tested with
>   LLVM/Clang
>      - SVN revision 245954
>      - Release 3.7
>      - Release 3.6
>   - Optionally, the Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/> documentation
>   generator to build documentation.
>
>Run CMake on the CastXML source tree to generate a build tree using a
>C++
>compiler compatible with that used to build the LLVM/Clang SDK. CMake
>options include:
>LLVM_DIRLocation of the LLVM/Clang SDK. Set to
><prefix>/share/llvm/cmake,
>where <prefix> is the top of the LLVM/Clang SDK install tree.
>SPHINX_EXECUTABLELocation of the sphinx-build executable. Required only
>if
>building documentation.SPHINX_HTMLBuild documentation in html format.
>SPHINX_MANBuild documentation in man format.
>
>
>I have g++ and clang++ installed in my computer. So my questions are,
>
>1-) Description says to run cmake on CastXML "source tree". Does this
>mean
>I should run cmake with the CMakeLists.txt or there are additional
>things
>that I need to include? What is going to be the input for cmake?
>
>2-)My other question is about LLVM_DIR. It says location of LLVM/Clang
>SDK.
>This is not the clang compiler itself right? This is I suppose Software
>Development Kit used by clang compiler?
>
>3-) What does it mean <prefix> to be top of LLVM/Clang install tree?
>
><prefix>/share/llvm/cmake what does this has to do with LLVM/Clang SDK?
>
>When I run cmake with CMakeLists.txt, I get the following error from
>the
>terminal
>
>CMake Error at /usr/share/llvm-3.6/cmake/LLVMConfig.cmake:52 (include):
>  include could not find load file:
>
>    /usr/lib/llvm-3.6/share/llvm/cmake/LLVMExports.cmake
>Call Stack (most recent call first):
>  CMakeLists.txt:58 (find_package)
>
>
>CMake Error at /usr/share/llvm-3.6/cmake/LLVMConfig.cmake:55 (include):
>  include could not find load file:
>
>    /usr/lib/llvm-3.6/share/llvm/cmake/LLVM-Config.cmake
>Call Stack (most recent call first):
>  CMakeLists.txt:58 (find_package)
>
>
>CMake Error at src/CMakeLists.txt:46 (llvm_map_components_to_libnames):
>  Unknown CMake command "llvm_map_components_to_libnames".
>
>
>-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
>
>Do you know what causes this error?
>
>Regards,
>
>
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>
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