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Asked: 2018-03-10 13:43:40 +0800 CST

Cannot install cmake on Ubuntu 14.04

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I'm having issues getting cmake installed onto my machine. Here is what I am running: 

sudo apt-get -f install cmake

And here is the output:

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 cmake : Depends: libjsoncpp1 but it is not installable

I have tried running apt-get update but it doesn't seem to help. Please let me know what I should try. Would be happy to provide more information.

Thanks! :)

Edit: The output of "apt-cache policy cmake" is as follows: 

    cmake:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3.5.2-2ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1
  Version table:
     3.5.2-2ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/thomas-schiex/blender/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
     3.2.2-2~ubuntu14.04.1~ppa1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/george-edison55/cmake-3.x/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
     2.8.12.2-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Thanks!

Update: Thanks! I was able to install cmake. However, I can't seem to make anything with it. I'm running 

cmake ../

in an empty directory which I created inside the project I'm trying to make. Here is the output:

CMake Error: Could not find CMAKE_ROOT !!!
CMake has most likely not been installed correctly.
Modules directory not found in
/usr/bin
CMake Error: Error executing cmake::LoadCache(). Aborting.

Would anybody have any idea on what to do next? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling as well as apt-get update. Again, I can post more information on here if needed.

Thanks!

14.04 cmake

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You can install cmake from main repository by specifying its version:

    sudo apt-get install cmake=2.8.12.2-0ubuntu3

    If it fails, try one of the following methods:

    • remove PPAs from system with their packages and then install version from main repository 

      sudo ppa-purge ppa:thomas-schiex/blender
sudo ppa-purge ppa:george-edison55/cmake-3.x
sudo apt-get install cmake

    • temporary disable PPAs, install cmake then enable PPAs:

      sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:thomas-schiex/blender
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:george-edison55/cmake-3.x
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cmake
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thomas-schiex/blender
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:george-edison55/cmake-3.x

    Then you can try to build simple cmake example. Fast googling gave me the cmake-example.git repository. I do not know what is this, but it compiles fast and runs normally:

    sudo apt-get install cmake git build-essential gfortran
git clone https://github.com/bast/cmake-example.git
cd cmake-example/
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

    You can test it by executing compiled programs:

    ./hello.x
./main.x
./unit_tests

    If it fails then you have other problems in your system.

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  2. Cmake 3.16.5 installation from sources for Ubuntu 18.04 and 19.10:

    • wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.16.5/cmake-3.16.5.tar.gz
    • tar vxzv cmake-3.16.5.tar.gz
    • cd cmake-3.16.5
    • ./bootstrap
    • make
    • sudo make install

    I have two cmake versions installed on my Ubuntu 18.04 VM:

    whereis cmake
cmake: /usr/bin/cmake /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake /usr/local/bin/cmake /usr/share/cmake /usr/share/man/man1/cmake.1.gz

user@u1804:~$ /usr/local/bin/cmake --version
cmake version 3.16.5

user@u1804:~$ cmake --version
cmake version 3.16.5

user@u1804:~$ /usr/bin/cmake --version
cmake version 3.10.2

    Older version of cmake have been installed by sudo apt install cmake.

    But current the latest stable release of cmake 3.16.5 could also be installed using snap:

    sudo snap install cmake
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  3. There is an unofficial repository that has a version for 14.04.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mantid/mantid
sudo apt-get update
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