From de6b62a5bdc866127a06f29c749fc93f60fc1c5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Henrik Hautakoski Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:07:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README.md: Document manual install of cmake on linux. --- README.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9ca418e..0bb0db0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -35,7 +35,17 @@ $ sudo apt-get install cmake Consult the manual for how to get these installed. -**MacOS:** +**Linux: CMake manual install:** + +If your package manager don't provide a sufficiently new version of cmake, you can install it manually with this command: + +```sh +$ wget -O cmake.sh https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.15.5/cmake-3.15.5-Linux-x86_64.sh && sh ./cmake.sh --prefix=/usr/local --skip-license +``` + +Other methods is documanted at https://cmake.org/download + +**MacOS** You must have a compiler installed. This project is known to build with `Xcode 11.0` but other versions should work.