[gmx-users] does not appear to contain CMakeLists.txt Error to compile GROMACS 4.6.3

[Justin Lemkul]

On 7/22/14, 12:25 PM, leila salimi wrote:
> Dear GROMACS Users,
>
> I tried to compile GROMACS on my computer, I did a quick installation as I
> saw in the link
>   tar -xvzf gromacs-4.6.1.tar.gz
>   $ cd gromacs-4.6.1
>   $ mkdir build
>   $ cd build
>
> ( I did not have cmake and I got it form " sudo apt-get install cmake " in
> build folder, then I tried the next line)
>
>   $ cmake .. -DGMX_BUILD_OWN_FFTW=ON
>   $ cmake ..
>

What did these two commands produce?  Did you invoke them one after another, or 
did you clean the build directory between them (as you should have done)?

> I tried to   sudo make install and I got the error
>
>
> CMake Error: The source directory
> "/fs01/ma05/homes/salimi/Programs/gromacs-4.6.3" does not appear to contain
> CMakeLists.txt.
> Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.
> make: *** [cmake_check_build_system] Error 1
>

This error shouldn't be triggered by "sudo make install," but would show up when 
invoking cmake.

>
> Althogh I have the CMakeLists.txt in the source path
> "/fs01/ma05/homes/salimi/Programs/gromacs-4.6.3"
> Do you know what it is wrong with this installation?
>

Sounds a bit hard to believe, but in any case, install the latest version (4.6.6 
in the 4.6.x series, or 5.0 otherwise) and try again.

-Justin

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