[sldev] cmake: "could not create named generator" with VS 2008
Express (v9)
Bill Hoffman
bill.hoffman at kitware.com
Tue Oct 28 07:13:01 PDT 2008
Lear Cale wrote:
> I get the following when trying to run cmake to build the latest client
> (21.6), for Windows.
>
> BTW, the instructions in the wiki leave out a few things. At the very
> least, you need python installed, which it doesn't cover. I installed
> cygwin, including installing all development, and I added C:/cygwin/bin
> to my Windows PATH directory. Cygwin includes Python, and it works fine
> with my other Python scripts.
>
> It also (now) neglects to mention that you need MS VS C++; that happened
> thanks to the changes for cmake. Once I get things working I'll be
> happy to help fix the wiki.
>
> This is a new machine; installing a development system for the first
> time on it. I'm a software engineer, but I do all my pro work on Unix.
>
>
> sh-3.2$ python develop.py -G VC90
> Running 'cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" -DUNATTENDED:BOOl=FALSE
> -DSTANDALONE:BOOL=FALSE "" "c:\\BUILD\\SL\\linden\\indr
> a"' in 'build-VC90'
> CMake Error: Could not create named generator Visual Studio 9 2008
>
What cmake are you running? Looks like you might be running the cygwin
cmake which does not support visual studio. You should run the cmake
from www.cmake.org.
-Bill
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