'cmake' is not recognised as an internal or external command

Question

I\'m trying to run cmake in Visual Studio 10, for esys-particle-win.

My path to cmake:C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CMake 2.8\\bin\\cmake.exe

My path

Answer 1

I'm trying to build a project with my recently downloaded Visual Studio Community 2017, but had no CMake on my path.

It did not help, even after I had gained VCVars: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x64

Instead of separately installing a copy that might work with these answers, although I'm not sure it would have the generators I need(?), I found one in the installation directory, which had a different path than what was in the guide I was using.

Here is my invocation line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE% ..