Cmake has not updated, what I am doing wrong?

16.04 sudo cmake

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The output of which cmake says that your cmake is located in /usr/local/bin/cmake and that is the problem.

Remove it with sudo rm /usr/local/bin/cmake and try again.

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S.EB

Updated on September 18, 2022

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S.EB over 1 year
I uninstalled cmake by the following commands:
```
sudo apt remove cmake
sudo apt purge --auto-remove cmake
```
and then installed the new version from cmake website. When I ran cmake --version I am getting the version that I have installed:
```
cmake version 3.11.3

CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake).
```
However, when again I am trying to run this command, it seems it still has the previous version
```
$ sudo apt-get install cmake
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
cmake is already the newest version (3.5.1-1ubuntu3).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
```
I ran the following commands:
```
~$ which cmake
/usr/local/bin/cmake
~$ apt-cache policy cmake
cmake:
  Installed: 3.5.1-1ubuntu3
  Candidate: 3.5.1-1ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 3.5.1-1ubuntu3 500
        500 http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.5.1-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
```
Could you please guide me? I cannot install a software that needs higher version of cmake.
- N0rbert almost 6 years
  
  Please add output of which cmake and apt-cache policy cmake to the question.
- Knud Larsen almost 6 years
  
  Installing a new version manually has nothing to do with apt : The "Package data base" has no information about manual installs, only knows about [packages.deb]. .... Your previous question 2 days ago about the same → askubuntu.com/questions/1045044/…
- S.EB almost 6 years
  
  @N0rbert I updated the question
- muru almost 6 years
  
  The tags say 12.04, 14.04, apt-cache's output indicates 16.04. Is this Schrodinger's Ubuntu?
- S.EB almost 6 years
  
  @muru sorry I am not expert and do not know what do you mean about Schrodinger's Ubuntu ? If you mean about ubuntu version, it is ubuntu 16.04 and I have installed from official website.
- S.EB almost 6 years
  
  @KnudLarsen Thanks for your comment, however, i could not resolve my issue.
- Knud Larsen almost 6 years
  
  @S.EB : Please read my answer here askubuntu.com/questions/1045044/…
- N0rbert almost 6 years
  
  cmake is located in /usr/local/bin/cmake and that is the problem. Remove it with sudo rm /usr/local/bin/cmake and try again.
- S.EB almost 6 years
  
  @N0rbert Thanks for your patience and help
- S.EB almost 6 years
  
  @KnudLarsen Thank you very much for your help and patience