ERROR: CMake is not installed

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1

Hi,

I’m trying to install the portedplugins via ‘Plugins.Gui’, but I get this error.

-> Plugins
cd "......Library/Application Support/SuperCollider/pluginpackages" ; 
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/madskjeldgaard/portedplugins
nil
ERROR: CMake is not installed

I have installed CMake via the dmg. file on their website. Is there anything else I need to do to get CMake to work within SuperCollider?

Thanks

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Follow the instructions here: Installing | CMake

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I’ve downloaded exactly as instructed and have CMake running in command line. However SuperCollider still gives me the
ERROR: CMake is not installed

4

Oh, then it’s probably something to do with SC’s PATH or the PATH it sets for its subprocesses. I would honestly just recommend uninstalling CMake and reinstalling it thru homebrew; that would require the least manual configuration.

5

Okay, thanks.

Should homebrew install CMake on the correct path, so that SC can access it?

6

Yes I’m pretty sure. It’s been awhile since I did this on mac but my understanding is SC as a desktop application is started with a limited PATH that has a few things like /usr/bin, and homebrew installs (or places symlinks in) one of those paths. As a desktop app started through the system launcher SC won’t have access to environment variables you set in .bash_profile etc.

7

Reinstalled CMake with homebrew, which places it here /opt/homebrew/bin/cmake

But I still get the same error in SC. Which says CMake is not installed.

Is there anyway I can direct SC to the CMake path?

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Weird, @madskjeldgaard might know more.

I would add /opt/homebrew/bin to the PATH variable from within SC using setenv and getenv - String | SuperCollider 3.12.2 Help. You can also use that to see what PATH currently is. This could go in your startup file.

{
  var path = getenv("PATH");
  if(path.isEmpty.not) { path = path ++ ":"; };
  setenv("PATH", path ++ "/opt/homebrew/bin");
}.value
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Ah brilliant. That did the job (ignore deleted message about code error).

Thanks a lot!

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