cmake installer for Mac fails to create /usr/bin symlinks

Question

Try to install CMake cmake-2.8.12.2-Darwin64-universal.dmg on OS X 10.9.3 I removed the old version from Application folder and delete ccmake, cmake, cmake-gui etc in usr/bin. But get "Failed create symlink installation may be incomplete: /usr/bin/cpack" and other error messages.

Please let me know if any suggestion or question.

Thank you for precious time on my question.

Answer 1

CMake 3.0 does not seem to come with an installer any longer. So I ran into a similar issue. Like @ComicSansMS said you need to first remove the symlinks using sudo rm. Then you can run the gui with sudo /Applications/CMake.app/Contents/MacOS/CMake and use the Tools -> Install For Command Line Use menu item.

From some new 3.x version you have to use this command to create symlinks:

sudo "/Applications/CMake.app/Contents/bin/cmake-gui" --install 

Note option in menu now gives only this instruction and other possible choices.