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Wolf
Asked: 2016-09-25 21:57:24 +0800 CST

How to upgrade cmake in Ubuntu [duplicate]

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CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:1 (cmake_minimum_required):
  CMake 3.6.0 or higher is required.  You are running version 3.5.1
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

I know Ubuntu uses stable releases that it can support, but some repos require later versions of cmake. I want to overwrite the old cmake with the later version of cmake, but the common PPA doesn't carry the cmake I need. How can I upgrade cmake to use the needed version without conflicts with the older version?

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  1. Best Answer

    Warning -- Do not do step 2 if you have Robot Operating System (ROS) installed

    1. Check your current version with:

      cmake --version

    2. Uninstall it with:

      sudo apt remove cmake

    3. Visit https://cmake.org/download/ and download the latest bash script.

      • In my case cmake-3.6.2-Linux-x86_64.sh is sufficient.

    4. Copy the script to /opt/.

    5. Make the script executable:

      chmod +x /opt/cmake-3.*your_version*.sh

    6. Change to desired installation directory (to /opt/ for example)

      • As of cmake 3.10.2 the installer no longer seems to install to /opt by default

    7. Run:

      sudo bash /opt/cmake-3.*your_version*.sh

      You will need to press y twice.

    8. The script installs the binary to /opt/cmake-3.*your_version* so in order to get the cmake command, make a symbolic link:

      sudo ln -s /opt/cmake-3.*your_version*/bin/* /usr/local/bin

    9. Test your results with:

      cmake --version
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  2. In the new version of cmake (ex: 3.9.6), to install, download tar file from https://cmake.org/download/. Extract the downloaded tar file and then:

    cd $CMAKE_DOWNLOAD_PATH
./configure
make
sudo make install
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  3. I would like to follow your advice Wolf, but the script don't install the prog. So i just creat the folder but doesn't show like installed when i do

     cmake --version

    I find a other way peraps more easy : 

    sudo -E add-apt-repository -y ppa:george-edison55/cmake-3.x
sudo -E apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cmake
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