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@@ -57,12 +57,19 @@ You need to have a C++ compiler (supporting C++11) and a ``make`` installed. Run the ``bootstrap`` script you find in the source directory of CMake. You can use the ``--help`` option to see the supported options. You may use the ``--prefix=<install_prefix>`` option to specify a custom -installation directory for CMake. You can run the ``bootstrap`` script from -within the CMake source directory or any other build directory of your -choice. Once this has finished successfully, run ``make`` and -``make install``. In summary:: +installation directory for CMake. Once this has finished successfully, +run ``make`` and ``make install``. - $ ./bootstrap && make && sudo make install +For example, if you simply want to build and install CMake from source, +you can build directly in the source tree:: + + $ ./bootstrap && make && sudo make install + +Or, if you plan to develop CMake or otherwise run the test suite, create +a separate build tree:: + + $ mkdir cmake-build && cd cmake-build + $ ../cmake-source/bootstrap && make Windows ^^^^^^^ @@ -79,9 +86,7 @@ There are two ways for building CMake under Windows: $ pacman -S --needed git base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc - and bootstrap as above:: - - $ ./bootstrap && make + and bootstrap as above. .. _`CMake Download Page`: https://cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html .. _`MSYS2`: https://www.msys2.org/ |