Install cmake in unroot account of unix

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This is a tutorial about how to install softwares in your directory.

Under the unix sys, when you are unroot account, you cannot directly install camke or other softwares in root directory. This is a tutorial about how to install them in your directory.

All Starting with Trinity installation

  • After I used wget to download trinity and installed it, it reported that I needed cmake version higher than 3. The cmake in server is too old so I needed to re-install it. Create new directory:
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$ mkdir cmake

Download cmake latest version:

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$ wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.17.2/cmake-3.17.2.tar.gz

Unzip the file:

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$ tar -zvxf cmake-3.17.2.tar.gz

Start installation:

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$ cd cmake-3.17.2
$ ./bootstrap
$ ./configure --prefix=/home/jia/local/cmake  
$ make
$ make install
  • Configure the bashrc file. It’s a very important step!
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$ vim ~/.bashrc

Write the code into the file:

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export PATH=/home/jia/local/cmake/bin:$PATH

Source it:

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$ source ~/.bashrc

Check the version:

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$ cmake -version
cmake version 3.17.2

CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake).

Done!