Modern C++ Programming with Test-Driven Development

1.4 CMake

For better or worse, I chose CMake in an attempt to support cross-platform builds.

For Ubuntu users, the version used for building the examples is CMake 2.8.9. You can install CMake using the following command:

sudo apt-get install cmake

For OS X users, the version used for building the examples is CMake 2.8.10.2. You can install CMake using downloads at ​http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html​ .

When you run CMake against the build scripts provided, you might see the following error:

Make Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found.
Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.

The message indicates that no appropriate compiler was found. You might receive the error if you ...