How to setup cmake on windows

Question

I'm trying to compile a program that requires Cmake and boost on windows. I installed visual studio 2013 express and I cant get cmake to compile the program.

cmake -G "Visual Studio 11 Win64" ..

-- The C compiler identification is unknown
-- The CXX compiler identification is unknow
CMake Error in :
No CMAKE_C_COMPILER could be found.

CMake Error in :
No CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER could be found.

Solution

Visual Studio 11 Win64 is the wrong generator for Visual Studio 2013. You need to use Visual Studio 12 2013 Win64 if you are using cmake-3.x or Visual Studio 12 Win64 for cmake-2.8.x. A list of the visual studio generators is here.

Comments

[UnholySheep]

have you actually run "Configure" on the cmake file? you might also consider using cmake-gui.exe

[UnholySheep]

Well that does not change the fact that configure is failing for you (for whatever reason), and therefore you cannot generate a visual studio project. The best person to ask would still be the author of the program as she/he might now what can cause this error

[drescherjm]

Visual Studio 11 Win64 is the wrong generator for Visual Studio 2013. I believe you need Visual Studio 12 2013 Win64 if you are using cmake-3.x.

[anthony corrado]

I realized that late last night. I still have to figure out what I did wrong when I installed boost though.