Error in generation process

[Kain Nobel]

I've been following this tutorial on compiling SFML with CMake. Currently using the cmake-gui and running on Windows Vista and Arch Linux. I've set the variables to what I think they should be, but I always get a message...

"Error in generation process, project files may be invalid."

I was originally using Code::Blocks for this but would just like to build raw, nothing related to Code::Blocks during the CMake process. The CMake GUI, on the bottom, states "Current Generator : CodeBlocks - MinGW Makefiles". I don't want it tied to any project or IDE, I just want something I can use, compiled with MinGW or CMake or whatever.

The following is set for CMake...

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**NOTE: There are other keys but they don't have values assigned to them. I didn't feel like typing them out so I've omitted them. Anything with a check-box I've stated TRUE or FALSE to represent checked or not checked.

BUILD_TESTING = TRUE
CREATE_BACKWARDS_COMPARABILITY = FALSE
DART_TESTING_TIMEOUT = 1500
EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH = "C:/CMake/EXE"
LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH = "C:/CMake/LIB"

CMAKE_AR = "C:/MinGW/bin/ar.exe
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE = Debug
CMAKE_CODEBLOCKS_EXECUTABLE = "C:/Program Files/CodeBlocks/codeblocks.exe"
CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE = TRUE
CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER = "C:/MinGW/bin/g++.exe"
CMAKE_C_COMPILER = "C:/MinGW/bin/gcc.exe"
CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX = "C/CMake"
CMAKE_LINKER = "C:/MinGW/bin/Id.exe"
CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM = "C:/MinGW/bin/mingw32-make.exe"
CMAKE_NM = "C:/MinGW/bin/nm.exe
CMAKE_OBJCOPY = "C:/MinGW/bin/objcopy.exe"
CMAKE_OBJDUMP = "C:/MinGW/bin/objdump.exe"
CMAKE_RANLIB = "C:/MinGW/bin/ranlib.exe"
CMAKE_SH = (Not found)
CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH = FALSE
CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH = FALSE
CMAKE_STRIP = "C:/MinGW/bin/strip.exe"
CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS = FALSE
CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE = FALSE

OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY = "opengl32"
OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY = "glu32"

SFML_BUILD_EXAMPLES = TRUE
SFML_USE_STATIC_STD_LIBS = TRUE

Hopefully somebody knows what I'm doing wrong, I'd really like to use this library.

[Ixrec]

Well, you have to pick a compiler.  CMake is not a compiler.  It's a meta-build system that creates the project files for a specific IDE/compiler/toolchain, so that SFML users can choose which one they want to use.

In terms of not being "tied" to anything or "building raw", the closest you can get to whatever that means is probably setting CMake's generator to "Unix Makefile", which you can simply run "make" on.  That doesn't involve any IDE, only the standard Unix toolchain, which I assume you were already using on ArchLinux anyway.

Dunno about that error though.  Are you sure there isn't a more descriptive error message somewhere?

[Kain Nobel]

That's all it gave me was that single message, but it did generate a bunch of files for me. I haven't compiled it with MinGW yet because I'm under the impression that *something* will be wrong with it due to the CMake's "project files may be invalid" message.

I have a new computer coming, so I'll have to repeat this song and dance once it gets here. Feel free to close this topic, I'll make a new one when the new computer arrives *if* I'm still running into issues.

And thank you for your reply Ixrec, see ya again soon.