Question

cmake -G “Unix Makefiles” -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE

taken from this site.

does not work when I cd into the folder I get this: CMake Error:
The path to the source directory:

/home/hassooni/Development/sfml/BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE

contains unsupported character ‘=’.

Please use a different source directory name.

Please help!

Thanks

note: I want to use it with g++ and gvim, I have all the dependencies and have done everything specified by the linked tutorial! 🙁

Answer 1

You should not have spaces between the D and the variable in your declarations. It should be:

cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE

note, the spaces between -D and CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release and -D and BUILD_SHARD_LIBS=TRUE have been removed.