Problem configuring csfml2 with cmake

[Laurent]

Yes, I have all the sfml-*-2.dll files in "C:/dev/libs/SFML/bin" and all the libsfml-*.a (without the 2 suffix - is that correct?) files in "C:/dev/libs/SFML/lib"

Looks ok. In the CMake variables that you show above, which ones did you define, and which ones where automatically created by the configure step?

Ah, I misinterpreted this statement then: "You must have installed SFML 2 before, and if you did it successfully, the FindSFML.cmake file should have been copied to your CMake directory."

This was true before, but it has changed. Where did you read that?

[MelancholyMechanic]

I got it to work now! The problem was, that I should have compiled SFML into a static library (see line 19 in the CSFML/src/SFML/CMakeLists.txt).

Thanks for your help!

Where did you read that?

You posted it here: http://www.sfml-dev.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=31246#31246

[Laurent]

Ah yes, sorry I totally forgot about that

[mscofield]

Hi, sorry for bumping.

Ah, I misinterpreted this statement then: "You must have installed SFML 2 before, and if you did it successfully, the FindSFML.cmake file should have been copied to your CMake directory."

This was true before, but it has changed. Where did you read that?

Right now, the .cmake files are installed in "/usr/local/share/SFML/cmake/Modules/" (instead of "/usr/share/cmake-X.Y/Modules/") and we have to move them manually , is this the intended way ?
If so, would be nice to mention it somewhere 

[Laurent]

is this the intended way ?

Yes.

If so, would be nice to mention it somewhere

Done, 3 lines above

[mscofield]

I meant somewhere during the installation process, since 100% of the people not familiar with cmake will need to know this.
Why not copy them automatically ?

[Laurent]

I meant somewhere during the installation process, since 100% of the people not familiar with cmake will need to know this.

It was just a joke

Why not copy them automatically ?

Permission issues on Linux.

[mscofield]

I meant somewhere during the installation process, since 100% of the people not familiar with cmake will need to know this.

It was just a joke

^^'

Why not copy them automatically ?

Permission issues on Linux.

Well the permissions on /usr/share and /usr/local/share are the same by default (755, ie need root to write), aren't they ?

[Laurent]

You will always find someone with less permissions than the "default". Especially students in universities.

In the past, the SFML installation copied FindSFML.cmake to the CMake directory, like you suggested. And this was removed because of permission problems on Linux (real users reporting real problems)

[FRex]

You will always find someone with less permissions than the "default". Especially students in universities.

I'd like to add that from my experience this is usually very very lost cause.

[mscofield]

Got it .

[Shados]

So, I gather from reading this thread that I should just be able to copy the FindSFML.cmake file to my cmake/Modules directory? Because when I do that and then run configure, I get:

CMake Error at C:/.../cmake-2.8.11-win32-x86/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindSFML.cmake:199 (message):
  Could NOT find SFML (missing: SFML_SYSTEM_LIBRARY SFML_WINDOW_LIBRARY
  SFML_NETWORK_LIBRARY SFML_GRAPHICS_LIBRARY SFML_AUDIO_LIBRARY)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  src/SFML/CMakeLists.txt:27 (find_package)


Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

Am I missing something here?

[Laurent]

Where is SFML? If not in a standard path, did you define the SFML_ROOT CMake variable?

[Shados]

I let it install to the default path at C:\Program Files (x86)\SFML, I haven't set SFML_ROOT

[Laurent]

I haven't set SFML_ROOT

You should. "C:\Program Files\SFML" is certainly not a standard path for your compiler