On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 4:45 AM, Raymond Wan <rwan.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Alexander, > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Alan W. Irwin > <ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca> 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 a little bit out of date.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 This seems too much to me. Seriously, Anaconda for binary package of cmake ? I have been using cmake's own binary packages for a long time. Never had once an issue with them? You get them for those three OSes(Linux, macx, windows) > > 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 > -- Regards, Rashad
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