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silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 8:34 AM

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i am trying to start a small humble project and i decided to start on sfml, i do have some knowledge and expereince on cpp but not much on cmake and any of build process (._. srr) anyways here are the error

$ cmake ../
[ 11%] Performing download step (git clone) for 'sfml-populate'
Cloning into 'sfml-src'...
fatal: invalid reference: 2.8.x
CMake Error at sfml-subbuild/sfml-populate-prefix/tmp/sfml-populate-gitclone.cmake:61 (message):
  Failed to checkout tag: '2.8.x'


gmake[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/sfml-populate.dir/build.make:102: sfml-populate-prefix/src/sfml-populate-stamp/sfml-populate-download] Error 1
gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:87: CMakeFiles/sfml-populate.dir/all] Error 2
gmake: *** [Makefile:91: all] Error 2

CMake Error at /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:1918 (message):
  Build step for sfml failed: 2
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:1609 (__FetchContent_populateSubbuild)
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:2145:EVAL:2 (__FetchContent_doPopulation)
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:2145 (cmake_language)
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:2384 (__FetchContent_Populate)
  CMakeLists.txt:12 (FetchContent_MakeAvailable)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

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hollow sky Jun 13, 2025, 8:34 AM

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2.8.x doesnt exist

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You need 2.6.x

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 8:35 AM

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hmmm

hollow sky Jun 13, 2025, 8:36 AM

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Or 3.x.x

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 8:37 AM

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the tutorial i use, uses the version 2..... if posible lets make it work with 2.x.x

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anyways new error

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$ cmake ../
CMake Deprecation Warning at build/_deps/sfml-src/CMakeLists.txt:1 (cmake_minimum_required):
  Compatibility with CMake < 3.10 will be removed from a future version of
  CMake.

  Update the VERSION argument <min> value.  Or, use the <min>...<max> syntax
  to tell CMake that the project requires at least <min> but has been updated
  to work with policies introduced by <max> or earlier.


-- The C compiler identification is GNU 13.3.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
CMake Error at /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:227 (message):
  Could NOT find X11 (missing: X11_X11_INCLUDE_PATH X11_X11_LIB)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:591 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FindX11.cmake:684 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
  build/_deps/sfml-src/cmake/Macros.cmake:383 (find_package)
  build/_deps/sfml-src/src/SFML/Window/CMakeLists.txt:294 (sfml_find_package)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

hollow sky Jun 13, 2025, 8:38 AM

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Youre on linux?

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You need to install dependencies

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 8:38 AM

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yes is that the issue??

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 8:38 AM

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I'm curious, why are you compiling SFML yourself? Could get it form the system package manager

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Also cmake in snap is interesting for sure

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 8:38 AM

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i want it to be local on my project....

hollow sky Jun 13, 2025, 8:39 AM

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thorny granite I'm curious, why are you compiling SFML yourself? Could get it form the system p...

The new cmake template script is the "recommended way" to use sfml in a project, they say

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 8:39 AM

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You mean to control the exact version you have?

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 8:39 AM

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hollow sky The new cmake template script is the "recommended way" to use sfml in a project,...

And it calls fetchcontent? Huh

hollow sky Jun 13, 2025, 8:39 AM

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thorny granite And it calls fetchcontent? Huh

Yup 😂

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Its such a pain in the ass

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 8:40 AM

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what should i do to fix it 😭

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i have 0 idea what i should do 😭

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 8:42 AM

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You should install the dependencies of sfml

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https://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/3.0/getting-started/cmake/#requirements

hollow sky Jun 13, 2025, 8:43 AM

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First one is libx11-dev

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 8:43 AM

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Probably better to get the full list from the docs and just install all of them

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Also why are you using SFML 2.x when 3.x exists?

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 8:46 AM

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idk, im following this AI orienred programming yt channel and he use 2.x

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pezzza's work

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 8:47 AM

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He's not using it because 2.x is better

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But either because the tutorial is outdated or just because skill issues

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 8:47 AM

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his vid is created 3 months ago ._.

hollow sky Jun 13, 2025, 8:48 AM

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Skill issue it is then

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 8:50 AM

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silent vault i want it to be local on my project....

Also "AI oriented" notlikethis

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 8:50 AM

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he mostly make a video about his Ai project what should i say?

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 8:58 AM

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Nah I mean I'm suspicious of AI stuff in general, it's not about how you said it

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 8:58 AM

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huh??

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elaborate

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 9:15 AM

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Okay, I googled this channel, and it's not the kind of AI I assumed

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Not the "write my code for me" kind of AI, but game AI

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 9:24 AM

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well he is joining the AI research focused on genetic mutation kind of AI

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 12:37 PM

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$  cmake ../
CMake Error at /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/ExternalProject/shared_internal_commands.cmake:463 (configure_file):
  No such file or directory
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/ExternalProject/shared_internal_commands.cmake:1002 (_ep_write_gitclone_script)
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake:3076 (_ep_add_download_command)
  CMakeLists.txt:29 (ExternalProject_Add)


CMake Error at /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/ExternalProject/shared_internal_commands.cmake:541 (configure_file):
  No such file or directory
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/ExternalProject/shared_internal_commands.cmake:1571 (_ep_write_gitupdate_script)
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake:3077 (_ep_add_update_command)
  CMakeLists.txt:29 (ExternalProject_Add)


CMake Error at /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/ExternalProject/shared_internal_commands.cmake:1663 (configure_file):
  No such file or directory
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake:3077 (_ep_add_update_command)
  CMakeLists.txt:29 (ExternalProject_Add)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

CMake Error at /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:1906 (message):
  CMake step for sfml failed: 1
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:1609 (__FetchContent_populateSubbuild)
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:2145:EVAL:2 (__FetchContent_doPopulation)
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:2145 (cmake_language)
  /snap/cmake/1468/share/cmake-4.0/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:2384 (__FetchContent_Populate)
  CMakeLists.txt:14 (FetchContent_MakeAvailable)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 12:38 PM

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Try installing cmake from your system package manager

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Not from snap

timid bay Jun 13, 2025, 12:38 PM

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yes

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 12:39 PM

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thorny granite Try installing cmake from your system package manager

the cmake from apt isnt updated ._.

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ill just show

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 12:39 PM

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Are you on ubuntu?

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 12:39 PM

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yes

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 12:40 PM

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https://apt.kitware.com/

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I'd install from here then

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 12:40 PM

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anyways whats the issue with cmake from snap??

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 12:42 PM

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I dunno

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Maybe it's not the issue at all. But it's the first time I'm seeing anybody install it from snap, and I know the version from the link above works, since we use it at work

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If changing to that version doesn't help, we'll think of something else

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 12:45 PM

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ey the one from apt works...

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wow...

thorny granite Jun 13, 2025, 12:46 PM

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hehe

silent vault Jun 13, 2025, 12:46 PM

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thats wierd

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welp

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!solved

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