[CMake] Setting up environment for CMake GUI to use Visual Studio generator

[David Cole]

Run cmake-gui FROM the target environment, just like you run cmake...

i.e. : type "cmake-gui" in the cmd prompt that has your stuff set up
in it. Don't just launch it from a short-cut unless you're using the
"Visual Studio *" generators. Those do not need any special
environment. Many of the makefile ones do.


On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:33 AM, David Doria <daviddoria at gmail.com> wrote:
> When using Visual Studio 10 as the generator from the CMake GUI, it
> complains that it can't find 'cl' ("To use the NMake generator, cmake must
> be run from a shell that can use the compiler cl from the command line.") It
> works if I use:
>
> cmake -G "NMake Makefiles"
>
> from the VS command line, so I'm assuming it is just an environment problem.
>
> Why doesn't CMake setup the environment automatically when you choose the
> generator? Are there any instructions on how to setup the environment for
> this? It seems like a super standard thing to do, no?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
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