[Insight-developers] CMake Linux binary instructions

[Mark Foskey]

Bill Hoffman wrote:
> Actually, you can untar the file in any directory and cmake will work.

When I was installing it, I wanted things to go in their most 
common/standard locations, if possible.  That seemed likely to minimize 
later problems, and I think other users will feel the same way.

There may not be a good automatic installation process.

> Would changing the README help?

I think so.  Perhaps something like this:

CMake 1.4 binary for x86-linux-static

Extract the file "cmake-1.4-x86-linux-static.tar" into your destination
directory, typically /usr/local.  Example:

cd /usr/local
tar -xvf cmake-1.14-x86-linux-static.tar

To install in /usr/local, you need to be root.  If you do not have root 
privileges you can install in, e.g., your home directory.  Just make 
sure the resulting 'bin' directory is in your path.

The following files will be extracted.  The directories 'bin' and 
'share' will
be created if necessary.

bin/cmake
....


 > I guess it could be a bit more verbose.   Do you have any suggestions?
> Thanks.
> 
> -Bill


  At 10:26 AM 8/2/2002 -0400, mark foskey wrote:

Can I suggest that the installation instructions for the Linux binaries 
be made a little more explicit?  Looking at the Readme now, I take it 
that simply going to /usr and doing tar -xzvf will do the right thing. 
However, when I first tried to do it, it was unclear to me what a good 
candidate was for the destination directory.

Better yet would be an automated installation process.  It is ironic 
that building and installing from source (which is what I ended up 
doing) requires less specialized knowledge than installing the 
precompiled binaries.  Unsophisticated users such as myself are likely 
to try the precompiled binaries first.

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