'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

As @doctorlove mentioned above, the error message means it cannont find Cmake.

Note that quotes aren't needed in PATH environmental variables on Windows. So the above example on Windows would look like:

set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake 2.8\bin\;%PATH% 

I had the same issue, and resolved it in this post.

Answer 2

note that if you installed cmake via chocolatey, you may have neglected to add the argument --installargs 'ADD_CMAKE_TO_PATH=System'. If you've already choco-installed cmake without that argument, re-installing via --force won't respect the new argument: you'll need to uninstall and then install. specifically choco install cmake --installargs 'ADD_CMAKE_TO_PATH=System'

Answer 3

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% ..

Answer 4

The error message means it cannot find cmake.
You can add its location to your path from the prompt like this:

set PATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake 2.8\bin\";%PATH%