CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM not found

Question

I have reached the end of my rope with CMake; it has so much potential, but I cannot seem to make it find the basic system tools (i.e. make) in order to functio

Answer 1

I had the exact same problem when I tried to compile OpenCV with Qt Creator (MinGW) to build the .a static library files.

For those that installed Qt 5.2.1 for Windows 32-bit (MinGW 4.8, OpenGL, 634 MB), this problem can be fixed if you add the following to the system's environment variable Path:

C:\Qt\Qt5.2.0\Tools\mingw48_32\bin

Answer 2

I tried to use CMake to build GammaRay for Qt on Windows with mingw. So, I had the Qt installed. And I had the same problem as other users here.

The approach that worked for me is launching cmake-gui from Qt build prompt (a shortcut created by Qt installer in "Start Menu\All programs\Qt{QT_VERSION}" folder).

Answer 3

I have two suggestions:

1. Do you have make in your %PATH% environment variable? On my system, I need to add %MINGW_DIR%\bin to %PATH%.

2. Do you have make installed? Depending on your mingw installation, it can be a separate package.

3. Last resort: Can you pass the full path to make on the commandline? cmake -D"CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM:PATH=C:/MinGW-32/bin/make.exe" ..\Source

Answer 4

I’ve just solved the same problem. I had MinGW with GCC and G++ installed but not make. This command helped me:

mingw-get.exe install mingw32-make

After running it, clear CMake cache (delete the CMakeCache.txt file in the CMake's working directory) and run CMake again.

Answer 5

I had the same problem which is solved using the following:

Try to rename all the folders to not to be more than 8 characters and without spaces.

Answer 6

In the GUI, select the "Advanced" checkbox. It should now show several entries below. Rename your mingw32-make.exe file to make.exe (you can just make a copy) and set the CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM filepath variable to the location of said file.