Hi Alexander, On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Alan W. Irwin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2017-12-18 19:14-0500 <Alexander G. Riccio> wrote: > >> I'm not sure who maintains the Ubuntu cmake package, but I *just* >> installed >> it, and cmake --version reported 3.5.1... a little bit out of date. > > > If you look at > <https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=cmake&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all> > the various Ubuntu distribution versions called xenial, zesty, artful, and > bionic provide respectively CMake versions 3.5.1, 3.7.2, 3.9.1, and > 3.9.5. And similar situations occur for all other Linux distros. > > So if you upgrade to a later Ubuntu version you will automatically get > access to a later CMake version. But such upgrades are non-trivial so a > compromise that allows you to delay doing such an upgrade for a while > would be to build and use a newer version of CMake yourself.
In addition to what Alan said, another alternative to compiling it yourself is to install Anaconda into your home directory and then to install cmake from that. For example, you can see here what is available to you: https://anaconda.org/search?q=cmake Ray -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
