Unknown CMake command "sfml_add_library" (Linux)

[Aureti]

While trying to prepare sfml for compiling with cmake, I get the following error:

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CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:124 (sfml_add_library):
  Unknown CMake command "sfml_add_library".


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
I downloaded sfml from http://github.com/LaurentGomila/SFML/tarball/master.
I am using version 2.8.9 of cmake. I could not find any solution to this, the only results I get when searching for a solution is in an old thread about OS X.

[Nexus]

Make sure you follow the installation tutorial step by step. Everything is explained in details...

From which directory are you launching CMake?

[Aureti]

I did follow the instructions step by step. I still get the error.
I ran the cmake command in the sfml folder.

[eXpl0it3r]

What exacte OS are you using (and no Linux itself is not an OS)?

Are you using an outdated CMake version?

[Aureti]

I know that linux is not an operating system, but shouldn't the kernel only matter(much)?
I am using Lubuntu 12.10.

The latest version of cmake is 2.8.10. I have 2.8.9, and I don't think that already counts as an outdated version.

[Laurent]

Can you please show us the (exact) commands that you ran, from the download of SFML to the CMake configuration?

[Aureti]

I installed all the dependencies.
Then

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wget -c https://github.com/SFML/SFML/tarball/masterI extracted it to my home folder, then ran

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cmake . inside the extracted folder. That is when it gives the error.


I will try using the latest version of cmake when I can, and I'll post the results tomorrow.

[Laurent]

I will try using the latest version of cmake when I can, and I'll post the results tomorrow.

It won't change anything. You're doing something wrong but we don't see what yet

[Aureti]

Doesn't work. At least we now know I don't need the latest version of cmake for it
Well, since the only reason I need sfml is for a certain program, and that program is also for Windows, and I happen to have Windows on another computer, I will stop trying to get sfml to work for a while. I don't have anything else that I would want to install that requires it.

Sorry for wasting your time?

[Laurent]

I got the same error when trying to run cmake from ./src/SFML instead of the root folder.