Here’s a complete example that works on my system - maybe you can tweak it to your liking:
cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.9.0) include (ExternalProject) project (simple_ep) set(BUILD_ENV "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/build_env" CACHE STRING INTERNAL) ExternalProject_Add( freetype PREFIX "${BUILD_ENV}/freetype" GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/brooklynpacket/freetype2.git" GIT_TAG 64bit BUILD_IN_SOURCE true CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./autogen.sh COMMAND ./configure BUILD_COMMAND make TEST_COMMAND "" INSTALL_COMMAND "" LOG_DOWNLOAD ON LOG_INSTALL ON LOG_CONFIGURE ON LOG_BUILD ON LOG_TEST ON LOG_INSTALL ON ) add_library (ft_lib STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL) ExternalProject_Get_Property (freetype SOURCE_DIR) set_target_properties (ft_lib PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${SOURCE_DIR}/objs/.libs/libfreetype.a) add_dependencies (ft_lib freetype) add_executable (app main.cpp) target_link_libraries(app ft_lib) -Mike > On Feb 18, 2019, at 10:25 PM, workbe...@gmx.at <workbe...@gmx.at> wrote: > > Can't i somehow output the pwd ?? > > best regards! > > On 19.02.19 07:04, workbe...@gmx.at wrote: >> Now i'm getting: >> >> Command failed: No such file or directory >> >> 'cd >> /home/stuv/data/projects/programming/bsUltimate/build/build_env/freetype/src/freetype >> && ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make' >> >> but when i go to my bsUltimate path and type that command it works... >> >> >> >> best regards! >> >> On 19.02.19 06:57, Romain LEGUAY wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I think you need to set the variable CONFIGURE_COMMAND to empty like this: >>> >>>> ExternalProject_Add( >>>> freetype >>>> PREFIX "${BUILD_ENV}/freetype" >>>> GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/brooklynpacket/freetype2.git" >>>> GIT_TAG 64bit >>> CONFIGURE_COMMAND "" >>>> BUILD_COMMAND "cd ${CMAKE_BUILD_DIR}/freetype/src/freetype && >>>> ./autgen.sh && ./configure && make" >>>> LOG_DOWNLOAD ON >>>> LOG_INSTALL ON >>>> LOG_CONFIGURE ON >>>> LOG_BUILD ON >>>> LOG_TEST ON >>>> LOG_INSTALL ON >>>> ) >>> >>> Envoyé de mon iPad >>> >>> Le 19 févr. 2019 à 06:51, workbe...@gmx.at <workbe...@gmx.at> a écrit : >>> >>>> I played around a bit a now have the following: >>>> >>>> set(BUILD_ENV "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/build_env" CACHE STRING INTERNAL) >>>> set(LIBRARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib" CACHE STRING INTERNAL) >>>> >>>> ExternalProject_Add( >>>> freetype >>>> PREFIX "${BUILD_ENV}/freetype" >>>> GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/brooklynpacket/freetype2.git" >>>> GIT_TAG 64bit >>>> BUILD_COMMAND "cd ${CMAKE_BUILD_DIR}/freetype/src/freetype && >>>> ./autgen.sh && ./configure && make" >>>> LOG_DOWNLOAD ON >>>> LOG_INSTALL ON >>>> LOG_CONFIGURE ON >>>> LOG_BUILD ON >>>> LOG_TEST ON >>>> LOG_INSTALL ON >>>> ) >>>> >>>> The logs are telling me: CMake Error: The source directory >>>> "/home/stuv/data/projects/programming/bsUltimate/build/build_env/freetype/src/freetype" >>>> does not appear to contain CMakeLists.txt. >>>> >>>> Isn't the BUILD_COMMAND there if there is no CMakeLists.txt file available >>>> for building ? not many project provide cmake build files.... >>>> >>>> >>>> best regards! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 19.02.19 06:43, Michael Ellery wrote: >>>>> CMAKE_BUILD_DIR is not a standard variable (did you mean CMAKE_BINARY_DIR >>>>> ?) - and the error seems to indicate that the variable is indeed empty so >>>>> it tries to create the project directory at the root level. >>>>> >>>>> -Mike >>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 18, 2019, at 8:58 PM, workbe...@gmx.at <workbe...@gmx.at> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi again, >>>>>> >>>>>> i try to install my dependencies with ExternalProjectAdd but it gives me >>>>>> troubles... what's wrong with >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ExternalProject_Add( >>>>>> freetype >>>>>> PREFIX "${CMAKE_BUILD_DIR}/freetype" >>>>>> GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/brooklynpacket/freetype2.git" >>>>>> GIT_TAG 64bit >>>>>> BUILD_COMMAND "cd ${CMAKE_BUILD_DIR}/freetype/src/freetype && >>>>>> ./autgen.sh && ./configure && make" >>>>>> LOG_DOWNLOAD ON >>>>>> LOG_INSTALL ON >>>>>> LOG_CONFIGURE ON >>>>>> LOG_BUILD ON >>>>>> LOG_TEST ON >>>>>> LOG_INSTALL ON >>>>>> ) >>>>>> >>>>>> best regards! >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> 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. 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