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xPack CMake v3.23.5-1 released

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Liviu Ionescu (ilg)
Liviu Ionescu (ilg)

Version 3.23.5-1 is a new release; it follows the upstream release.

The xPack CMake is a standalone cross-platform binary distribution of CMake.

There are separate binaries for Windows (x64), macOS (x64, arm64) and GNU/Linux (x64, arm64 and arm).

Raspberry Pi

The main targets for the GNU/Linux Arm binaries are the Raspberry Pi class devices (armv7l and aarch64; armv6 is not supported).

Download​

The binary files are available from GitHub Releases.

Prerequisites​

  • x64 GNU/Linux: any system with GLIBC 2.27 or higher (like Ubuntu 18 or later, Debian 10 or later, RedHat 8 or later, Fedora 29 or later, etc)
  • arm64/arm GNU/Linux: any system with GLIBC 2.27 or higher (like Raspberry Pi OS, Ubuntu 18 or later, Debian 10 or later, RedHat 8 or later, Fedora 29 or later, etc)
  • x64 Windows: Windows 7 with the Universal C Runtime (UCRT), Windows 8, Windows 10
  • x64 macOS: 10.13 or later
  • arm64 macOS: 11.6 or later

Install​

The easiest way to install this specific version, is by using xpm:

xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/cmake@3.23.5-1.1 --verbose

Comprehensive instructions for installing xPack CMake on different platforms can be found in the Install Guide.

Compliance​

The xPack CMake is based on the official CMake, with minimal changes.

The current version is based on:

  • CMake release 3.23.5 from 1 Nov 2022.

Changes​

Compared to the upstream version, the Windows version also supports spawning scripts via cmd.exe /c. These scripts are used by npm/xpm to redirect invocations to the central packages repository.

Bug fixes​

  • none

Enhancements​

  • none

Known problems​

  • none

Documentation​

The current CMake documentation is available online from:

Build​

The binaries for all supported platforms (Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux) were built using the xPack Build Box (XBB), a set of build environments based on slightly older distributions, that should be compatible with most recent systems.

The scripts used to build this distribution are in:

  • distro-info/scripts

For the prerequisites and more details on the build procedure, please see the README-MAINTAINER page.

CI tests​

Before publishing, a set of simple tests were performed on an exhaustive set of platforms. The results are available from:

Tests​

TBD

Checksums​

The SHA-256 hashes for the files are:

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xpack-cmake-3.23.5-1-linux-arm.tar.gz

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xpack-cmake-3.23.5-1-linux-arm64.tar.gz

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xpack-cmake-3.23.5-1-linux-x64.tar.gz

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xpack-cmake-3.23.5-1-win32-x64.zip

Deprecation notices​

32-bit support​

Support for 32-bit x86 GNU/Linux and x86 Windows was dropped in 2022. Support for 32-bit Arm GNU/Linux (armv7l) will be preserved for a while, due to the large user base of 32-bit Raspberry Pi systems.

GNU/Linux minimum requirements​

Support for RedHat 7 was dropped in 2022 and the minimum requirement was raised to GLIBC 2.27, available starting with Ubuntu 18, Debian 10 and RedHat 8.

Download analytics​

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