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Improved library search by check_function_exists_concat() macro: it does not revert the list of libraries any more. Improved OpenSSL library search: first find zlib, then search for openssl libraries that may depend on zlib. For Unix: openssl libraries can now be detected in nonstandard locations. Supply CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH to CMake on command line. Added installation capability (very basic one yet).
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How To Compile with CMake
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Building with CMake
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This document describes how to compile, build and install curl and libcurl
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from source code using the CMake build tool. To build with CMake, you will
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of course have to first install CMake. The minimum required version of
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CMake is specifed in the file CMakeLists.txt found in the top of the curl
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source tree. Once the correct version of CMake is installed you can follow
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the instructions below for the platform you are building on.
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CMake builds can be configured either from the command line, or from one
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of CMake's GUI's.
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Important notice
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==================
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If you got your curl sources from a distribution tarball, make sure to
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delete the generic 'include/curl/curlbuild.h' file that comes with it:
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rm -f curl/include/curl/curlbuild.h
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The purpose of this file is to provide reasonable definitions for systems
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where autoconfiguration is not available. CMake will create its own
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version of this file in its build directory. If the "generic" version
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is not deleted, weird build errors may occur on some systems.
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Command Line CMake
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==================
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A command line build of Curl is similar to the autotools build of Curl. It
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consists of the following steps after you have unpacked the source.
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# 1st create an out of source build tree parallel to the curl source
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# tree and change into that directory
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mkdir curl-build
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cd curl-build
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# now run CMake from the build tree, giving it the path to the top of
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# the Curl source tree. CMake will pick a compiler for you. If you
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# want to specifiy the compile, you can set the CC environment
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# variable prior to running CMake.
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cmake ../curl
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make
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# currently make test is not implemented
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#make test
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# Install to default location:
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make install
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ccmake
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=========
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CMake comes with a curses based interface called ccmake. To run ccmake on
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a curl use the instructions for the command line cmake, but substitue
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ccmake ../curl for cmake ../curl. This will bring up a curses interface
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with instructions on the bottom of the screen. You can press the "c" key
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to configure the project, and the "g" key to generate the project. After
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the project is generated, you can run make.
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cmake-gui
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=========
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CMake also comes with a Qt based GUI called cmake-gui. To configure with
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cmake-gui, you run cmake-gui and follow these steps:
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1. Fill in the "Where is the source code" combo box with the path to
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the curl source tree.
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2. Fill in the "Where to build the binaries" combo box with the path
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to the directory for your build tree, ideally this should not be the
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same as the source tree, but a parallel diretory called curl-build or
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something similar.
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3. Once the source and binary directories are specified, press the
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"Configure" button.
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4. Select the native build tool that you want to use.
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5. At this point you can change any of the options presented in the
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GUI. Once you have selected all the options you want, click the
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"Generate" button.
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6. Run the native build tool that you used CMake to genratate.
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