CMAKE 3 binary package for PRECISE

Does anyone know where this package would be available? I am looking to use it on Travis-CI so building from sources takes too long and is not an option.

a dpkg would suffice if you know where to find it.

CMake 3.2.2 is available for Precise in this PPA:

ppa:george-edison55/precise-backports (Click here for instructions on using PPAs.)

The question is a bit dated and there are now version 3.2. Therefore, I refer in my response to the latest version. The individual steps are also for version 3.1, it must be replaced only the filename. _{The Linux way: A folder is also a file ;)}

Create a temporary folder

mkdir ~/cmake_tmp

Download the latest version here:

• 64-bit

  cd ~/cmake_tmp
  wget http://www.cmake.org/files/v3.2/cmake-3.2.2-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
  

• 32-bit

  cd ~/cmake_tmp
  wget http://www.cmake.org/files/v3.2/cmake-3.2.2-Linux-i386.tar.gz
  

The following steps use the 64-bit version

Now install with:

tar xf cmake-3.2.2-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz

At last copy the files for a parallel installation, in addition to an other version in /usr with:

sudo cp -r cmake-3.2.2-Linux-x86_64/* /usr/local

• You can use the binary

To overwrite the files in /usr, use this command:

sudo cp -r cmake-3.2.2-Linux-x86_64/* /usr

The use of the script is unnecessary as this only creates a directory with the content, which is also contained in the archive.

Housekeeping:

rm -f ~/cmake_tmp

How do I use which version?

If you have copied cmake-3.2.2-Linux-x86_64/* in the local folder /usr/local then you can decide which binary you want to use. Depending on the content of $PATH:

• My example:

  % echo $PATH
  /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
  

a specific binary is used. In my case the binary in /usr/local/bin. To use the binary in usr/bin, I have to specify the complete path, eg.:

/usr/bin/cmake

CMake 3.3.2, currently the newest version, is available in this PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~roblib/+archive/ubuntu/ppa