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CMake Error: Could not create named generator CodeLite - Unix Makefiles

Using Ubuntu LTS 14.04. Trying to set up codelite to develop in c++ following this tutorial TheChernoProject How to Setup C++ on Linux

CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.5)

project (HelloWorld)

set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Werror -std=c++14")
set (source_dir "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/")

file (GLOB source_files "${source_dir}/*.cpp")

add_executable (HelloWorld ${source_files})

build.sh:

#!/bin/sh

cmake -G "CodeLite - Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug

EDIT: After consulting the Documentation https://github.com/eranif/codelite I modified build.sh to:

cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug

and it worked. and gave the output:

-- The C compiler identification is GNU 4.8.4
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 4.8.4
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done

However the HelloWorld workspace was not generated

Solution

  • I created a fresh project from scratch purely using CodeLite and it generated the CMake file for me. Everything worked flawlessly.