I have cmake 3.2.2 but cmake-gui shows 2.8 and some packages can not be configured using cmake-gui because they asked for the new version. is there away to install cmake-gui 3 or to make it recognize the last version installed? Have a nice day! Ibraheem

3 Answers

What works for me is:

• Remove the old installed cmake

  sudo apt remove cmake 

• Download and build the recent version using qt support. e.g.

  ./configure --qt-gui
  make -j5

• Make soft link to /usr/bin

The cmake-qt-gui package from repository depends on 2.8 cmake. To make it recognize 3.2.2. you could try to mess with symlinks by setting cmake 2.8 link to the new cmake. But I can't guarantee that it will work and doubt that it will have the same the functionality.

But if you build cmake from source, you can get new cmake-gui. Open bootstrap file, scroll down and set:

cmake_bootstrap_qt_gui="1"

Then configure, build and install cmake. It might be better to delete cmake-qt-gui 2.8 version first, as I am not sure what will happen if you have both.

1 : Solution

Click On the link below which will download a deb package of cmake-qt-gui_3 you will need gdebi to install it :

How Do I install gdebi package manager ? Type The Following Command in your terminal :

sudo apt install gdebi-core 

Once Installed you can now open the deb package with gdebi package manager.. And Install..

2 : Solution

Type The Following Commands in your terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo snap install cmake -classic

Once the installation completes, run the “–version” command below to see the CMake version installed in your system.

cmake --version

3 : Solution :

sudo snap install cmake 

version 3.18.2, or

sudo apt install cmake

version 3.16.3-1ubuntu1

See 'snap info cmake' for additional versions.

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