CMake
CMake is a cross-platform, open-source build system generator.
For full documentation visit the CMake Home Page and the CMake Documentation Page. The CMake Community Wiki also references useful guides and recipes.
CMake module
There are two types of CMake installations on our HPC system: - the system default versions AND - the versions made available as modules.
To check the versions of the default cmake and cmake3 packages run:
[asrini@node155 ~]$ which cmake /bin/cmake [asrini@node155 ~]$ cmake --version cmake version 2.8.12.2 [asrini@node155 ~]$ which cmake3 /bin/cmake3 [asrini@node155 ~]$ cmake3 --version cmake3 version 3.17.3 CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake).
If installing a specific software packages requires a version other than the default versions, then the appropriate CMake module needs to be enabled, before attempting the software installation (click "expand" to see basic module usage):
[asrini@node155 ~]$ module show cmake/3.21.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/share/Modules/modulefiles/cmake/3.21.1: module-whatis CMake is a cross-platform, open-source build system generator. prepend-path PATH /opt/software/cmake/3.21.1/bin -------------------------------------------------------------------
[asrini@node155 ~]$ module load cmake/3.21.1
[asrini@node155 ~]$ which cmake /opt/software/cmake/3.21.1/bin/cmake [asrini@node155 ~]$ which cmake3 /opt/software/cmake/3.21.1/bin/cmake3 [asrini@node155 ~]$ cmake --version cmake version 3.21.1 CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake). [asrini@node155 ~]$ cmake3 --version cmake version 3.21.1 CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake). [asrini@node155 ~]$ cmake Usage cmake [options] <path-to-source> cmake [options] <path-to-existing-build> cmake [options] -S <path-to-source> -B <path-to-build> Specify a source directory to (re-)generate a build system for it in the current working directory. Specify an existing build directory to re-generate its build system. Run 'cmake --help' for more information.
