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= Building on Windows with CMake =

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: 
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.

In order to create the project with cmake do this:

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 \)

c:\test_geo> cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" ../svn

or

c:\test_geo>cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008 Win64" ../svn

or

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


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