[CMake] Getting started with the tutorial

[Stefan Reuschl]

Am 22.08.2012, 22:59 Uhr, schrieb David MacQuigg  
<macquigg at ece.arizona.edu>:

> I'm just getting started with CMake.  Downloaded and installed version  
> 2.8.9 under Mac OS 10.6.  Downloaded the tutorial (Step 1) from  
> Tests/Tutorial.  Everything looks normal.
>
>
> I then ran CMake and filled out the form with the source and binary  
> directories (after adding a "bin" directory for the binaries).  The  
> "Configure" step seemed to run normally, no error messages.  Same for  
> the "Generate" step.  Lots of new files and folders in "bin".  The only  
> problem is I can't get a working executable file out of all this.  I  
> found two files named a.out, but they just do an immediate return, with  
> nothing to stdout.
>
> I must be missing something obvious.  Help will be greatly appreciated.

Configure/Generate just generates the native build system but doesn't  
execute it.
You need to call make in bin/ or open the XCode project depending
on which generator you selected. Another option is to call "cmake --build  
bin/"