Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of BuildingOnWindowsWithCMake

Timestamp:

Jan 7, 2012, 1:21:19 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

mloskot

Comment:

Update and clean-up

BuildingOnWindowsWithCMake

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 This article describes how to use CMake build system to build and install GEOS from sources on Microsoft Windows systems using Visual C++ compiler.
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-Get ''cmake-2.8.2-win32-x86.zip'' from [http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html CMake download] page
-explode it on a path (eg: c:\cmake\") and add to the path the ../bin directory
-eg: 
+
+Download and install [http://www.cmake.org/ CMake] 2.8+.
+
+If you install from zip package, unpack it (eg: into "C:\cmake\") and add the bin directory to the PATH:
+{{{
 SET PATH=c:\cmake\cmake-2.8.2-win32-x86\bin;%PATH%
-after this start a shell dos.
+}}}
 
-Alternatively, download fully-featured Windows installer package (e.g. ''cmake-2.8.2-win32-x86.exe'') and select option adding CMake runtime location to PATH environment variable.
+After this, start command prompt (cmd.exe).
 
-In order to create the project with cmake do this:
+Alternatively, install from the fully-featured Windows installer and select option adding CMake runtime location to PATH environment variable.
 
-suppose for example the geos-trunk was downloaded in "c:\svn"
-you may create a new folder like "c:\test_geos"
-enter in "c:\test_geos" and run the command for the compiler you like use:
-(please notice the / instead of \)
+In order to create the project with cmake do this: suppose for example the GEOS trunk was downloaded in "C:\svn\geos-trunk" you may create a new folder like "C:\test_geos" enter in "C:\test_geos" and run the command for the compiler you like use:
 
-c:\test_geo> cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" ../svn
+{{{
+C:\> cd test_geo
+C:\test_geo> cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" C:\svn\geos-trunk
+}}}
 
 or
 
-c:\test_geo>cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008 Win64" ../svn
+{{{
+C:\test_geo> cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008 Win64" c:\svn\geos-trunk
+}}}
 
 or
 
-c:\test_geo>cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" ../svn
+{{{
+c:\test_geo> cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" ../svn
+}}}
 
-with these commands cmake creates a VS nmake or solution file in the folder "c:\test_geos" able to compile GEOS
+with these commands cmake creates a NMAKE makefiles or Visual Studio solution and projects in the folder "c:\test_geos".
 
+Now you are able to build GEOS by loading GEOS.sln in Visual Studio IDE or from command line (use Visual Studio Command Prompt), depending on target CMake generator used in previous steps:
+
+{{{
+c:\test_geo> nmake /f makefile
+}}}
+
+or
+
+{{{
+c:\test_geo> msbuild GEOS.sln
+}}}
 
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