blocked: cmake: command not found

[davecotter]

i'm attempting to build Qt libraries locally. i've followed all instructions up to the point of calling configure. Here is my dir layout:

the Src folder would otherwise be called the qt5 directory, according to the directions, this is where my git / gerrit repo lives.

The plan is to build both debug and release versions of the libraries, so i can make edits to Qt source while developing my app, and then also make releases based on my changes to Qt.

so to run configure for creating debug libs, i cd into the clang_64 dir, and issue this command:

../Src/configure -prefix ./obj/debug -developer-build -opensource -nomake examples -nomake tests -confirm-license

I'm assuming the -prefix option doesn't need a full path? that it will start in the Src directory?

so but then, i get this error:

/Volumes/Developer/depot/Qt5_Source/Src/qtbase/configure: line 285: cmake: command not found

indeed if i just type cmake on the command line, i also get command not found.

Nowhere in the doc does it explain why this happens or how to fix it.

[davecotter]

@davecotter said in blocked: cmake: command not found:

cmake: command not found

here's what i ended up doing:

• Launch "MaintenanceTool", and choose "Add or remove components" (next)
• under "Qt -> Developer and Design Tools", check "CMake" (next, and complete that)
• in Terminal, ensure you add the folder containing cmake to your $PATH, eg: export PATH=$PATH:/path_to/Qt/Tools/CMake/CMake.app/Contents/bin

[VRonin]

You need to install CMake

[davecotter]

and why do the instructions not say to do that?

and okay, so i install this app in my applications folder, and ran it just for good measure.
then back on the command line i type cmake and still get command not found.

where are the instructions?

[VRonin]

@davecotter It mentions it in the windows instructions https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/windows-building.html
Googling your error immediately gives you the solution so I don't think it's a big hole in the docs

[davecotter]

i'm building on mac. and i did google the sh*t out of this, and found nothing helpful. perhaps you have better google-fu, which i'd be grateful if you'd share.

[VRonin]

@davecotter

You don't even need to click the link, the solution for mac is literally the first preview line:

Use Brew to install cmake brew install cmake.

[davecotter]

@davecotter said in blocked: cmake: command not found:

cmake: command not found

here's what i ended up doing:

• Launch "MaintenanceTool", and choose "Add or remove components" (next)
• under "Qt -> Developer and Design Tools", check "CMake" (next, and complete that)
• in Terminal, ensure you add the folder containing cmake to your $PATH, eg: export PATH=$PATH:/path_to/Qt/Tools/CMake/CMake.app/Contents/bin