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# Widelands going CMake ¶¶
Widelands project plans to move from the current build system Scons to CMake. ¶
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This page is to track progress and collect important information in the transition process. ¶
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## Table of Contents: ¶
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## Important Links ¶
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* [Scons](http://www.scons.org) ¶
* [CMake](http://www.cmake.org) ¶
* [CMake Tutorial \(PDF\]](http://www-flc.desy.de/ldcoptimization/documents/talks/CMake_Tutorial.pdf) ¶
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## Identified Tasks ¶
### Changes in Build ¶
* *make install* does not exclude SVN directories ¶
* add "PATTERN "\*.svn\*" EXCLUDE" to global CMakeLists.txt file *INSTALL* directive ¶
### Transition tasks ¶
* Identify Scons tasks and targets used by widelands, replace using cmake & make ¶
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## Important notes ¶
### Things to know about the transition ¶
* Transition uses a SVN branch called "cmake-transition", not "trunk" ¶
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### Starting with CMake in the transition ¶
#### Preparation ¶
* $ mkdir ~/wl_cmake_transition ¶
* $ cd ~/wl_cmake_transition ¶
* $ svn co https://widelands.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/widelands/branches/cmake-migration widelands-cmake ¶
* $ mkdir widelands-build ¶
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#### Using CMake ¶
* $ cd ~/wl_cmake_transition/widelands-build ¶
* $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/
* $ make install -j3
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### Using CMake ¶
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