Emulator Issues #6795
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linux build instructions wiki gets the wrong cmake
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Description
The instructions at https://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/wiki/Linux_Build suggest running "apt-get install cmake", among other things, if you want to build in Ubuntu.
This operation fetches a version of cmake that is too old.
Instead, if the user downloads and builds cmake from the latest source ball, cmake can work with dolphin-emu.
Updated by parlane over 10 years ago
- Status changed from New to Invalid
This is not a dolphin issue. This is a Linux distribution issue.
Updated by jasmuth over 10 years ago
It's both a linux distribution issue and an issue with your wiki, which gives specific instructions that simply don't work.
Updated by parlane over 10 years ago
Well considering our Ubuntu buildbot uses the standard cmake from apt-get, I can say that it isn't even a distribution issue.
Updated by jasmuth over 10 years ago
Perhaps newer versions of Ubuntu have newer versions of cmake in the repo?
It might be useful to at least list the versions of all the apt-get install
targets that are known to work.
Updated by glennricster over 10 years ago
Ubuntu 13.10 is the latest release of Ubuntu and the version of cmake in its repository works fine for dolphin emu. Ubuntu 12.10 is the earliest version that dolphin emulator now supports building on, and the version of cmake in its repository also works fine for dolphin emu. Dolphin will not build on Ubuntu 12.04 or earlier. This has nothing to do with cmake though. It is because the version of libglew is to old.
Parlane's assessment is correct. Furthermore this is not a dolphin build wiki issue either.
Updated by jasmuth over 10 years ago
You don't think a note saying, "Dolphin will not build on Ubuntu 12.04 or earlier." would be well-placed on the wiki?
Well, at least I know.
Updated by comexk over 10 years ago
Can't Dolphin use static glew in that case?
Anyway, I added a note to the wiki page, because 12.04 is the current LTS release.
Updated by glennricster over 10 years ago
Comex: Yes, the version of glew in the Externals should still work on Precise. I am accustomed to using system libraries (for proper builds in the ppa), so I forgot about the externals.
jasmuth: Yes a comment on the wiki is appropriate here. Although, I think the version of cmake in Precise is also new enough to build dolphin.