diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index dcfbfcd..9a88b33 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ __CMake__ wants `DESTDIR` instead: - make DESTDIR=appdir -j$(nproc) install ; find appdir/ ``` +Some applications have the bad habit of relying on CMake versions newer than what comes with the oldest still-supported distributions. In this case, install a newer CMake with + +``` + - wget "https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.13.2/cmake-3.13.2-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz" ; sudo tar xf cmake*.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C /usr +``` + Under some circumstances it may also be required to add `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=/usr/lib` to the `cmake` call. __autotools__ (the dinosaur that spends precious minutes "checking...") wants `DESTDIR` too but insists on an absolute link which we can feed it using readlink: