Compling program in linux without a ./configure or makefile

Question

I unzipped it to my home folder, but I can't figure out how to compile it.

folder directory:
CMakelist.txt
doc/
html/
LICENCE
README.md
README.txt
src/

common/
nxsbuild/
nxsedit/
nxsview/
nxszip/

These contain .ccp and .h files

I can't find a ./configure or a make.

Any ideas welcome.

whats in `Cmakelist.txt`? No hints in the READMEs? Else ask the ower on `git`? Good luck. — shellter, Sep 19 '17 at 19:56
https://stackoverflow.com/a/7859663/841108 is a near duplicate — Basile Starynkevitch, Sep 19 '17 at 19:57
BTW, you should propose a patch to their `README.md` stating to use `cmake` for build — Basile Starynkevitch, Sep 19 '17 at 20:00
Cmakeist contains: cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1) project(nexus) add_subdirectory(src/nxsbuild) add_subdirectory(src/nxsedit) add_subdirectory(src/nxsview) and thank you for who ever marked it down, explaining I need to use CMAKE would have been far more constructive. — Spatial Digger, Sep 19 '17 at 20:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 19 '17 at 19:55

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You need to use CMake and create platform-specific build format, in your case (linux) a Makefile.

answered Sep 19 '17 at 19:55

jgorostegui

Would you be so kind to explain how I do this? – Spatial Digger Sep 19 '17 at 20:13
I tried mkdie build-dir then cd build-dir and then cmake .. but I get a long list of errors: CMake Warning at src/nxsbuild/CMakeLists.txt:53 (find_package): By not providing "FindQt5Widgets.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "Qt5Widgets", but CMake did not find one. – Spatial Digger Sep 19 '17 at 20:19
As your error says, you need Qt5 dependencies installed in your system: Install them using for example `sudo apt-get install qtdeclarative5-dev qml-module-qtquick-controls`. Looking into the project [readme](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/nexus/blob/master/README.md) file, at the bottom says that Qt and VCG libraries are required. You'll need to download them and fit evetything in order to create the _makefile_ properly. Don't bother changing folder names as the repository is not properly documented and paths to inside the CMakeLists.txt can be significantly improved. – jgorostegui Sep 19 '17 at 21:09

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