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They are preferred in the now-common case that `cmake` is already
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.. _`CMake Discourse Forum`: https://discourse.cmake.org
Building CMake with CMake
-------------------------
You can build CMake as any other project with a CMake-based build system:
run the installed CMake on the sources of this CMake with your preferred
options and generators. Then build it and install it.
For instructions how to do this, see documentation on `Running CMake`_.
.. _`Running CMake`: https://cmake.org/runningcmake
To build the documentation, install `Sphinx`_ and configure CMake with
``-DSPHINX_HTML=ON`` and/or ``-DSPHINX_MAN=ON`` to enable the "html" or
"man" builder. Add ``-DSPHINX_EXECUTABLE=/path/to/sphinx-build`` if the
tool is not found automatically.
.. _`Sphinx`: https://sphinx-doc.org
Building CMake from Scratch
---------------------------
@@ -79,7 +96,7 @@ There are two ways for building CMake under Windows:
1. Compile with MSVC from VS 2015 or later.
You need to download and install a binary release of CMake. You can get
these releases from the `CMake Download Page`_. Then proceed with the
instructions below for `Building CMake with CMake`_.
instructions above for `Building CMake with CMake`_.
2. Bootstrap with MinGW under MSYS2.
Download and install `MSYS2`_. Then install the required build tools::
@@ -91,23 +108,6 @@ There are two ways for building CMake under Windows:
.. _`CMake Download Page`: https://cmake.org/download
.. _`MSYS2`: https://www.msys2.org/
Building CMake with CMake
-------------------------
You can build CMake as any other project with a CMake-based build system:
run the installed CMake on the sources of this CMake with your preferred
options and generators. Then build it and install it.
For instructions how to do this, see documentation on `Running CMake`_.
.. _`Running CMake`: https://cmake.org/runningcmake
To build the documentation, install `Sphinx`_ and configure CMake with
``-DSPHINX_HTML=ON`` and/or ``-DSPHINX_MAN=ON`` to enable the "html" or
"man" builder. Add ``-DSPHINX_EXECUTABLE=/path/to/sphinx-build`` if the
tool is not found automatically.
.. _`Sphinx`: https://sphinx-doc.org
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