Simple test output - CMake Error: The source directory does not exist

Question

When I create new project in Clion, cmake cannot find CMakeTmp directory.

Run Build Command(s):/usr/bin/cmake cmTC_df723/fast && No such file or directory

OS: Linux Mint 19 (Ubuntu based)

I have tried:

reinstalling gcc (now on version 8.3.0)
reinstalling cmake (now on version 3.15.2)
unset TMP from (CMake cannot compile test program as source directory doesnt exist)
set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER gcc)
set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
checked permissions to ClionProject subdirectories

Error output:

/usr/local/bin/cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=/usr/bin/cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/c++ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/gcc -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" /home/sacha/CLionProjects/testProject
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 7.4.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc
CMake Error: Generator: execution of make failed. Make command was: /usr/bin/cmake cmTC_df723/fast && 
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- broken
CMake Error at /usr/local/share/cmake-3.15/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:60 (message):
  The C compiler

   "/usr/bin/gcc"

 is not able to compile a simple test program.

 It fails with the following output:

 Change Dir: /home/sacha/CLionProjects/testProject/cmake-build-release-system/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp

 Run Build Command(s):/usr/bin/cmake cmTC_df723/fast && No such file or directory
Generator: execution of make failed. Make command was: /usr/bin/cmake cmTC_df723/fast &&

Any help or directions appreciated, thanks!

The first error message you got is CMake Error: Generator: execution of make failed., I would interpret it as "something wrong with your environment settings". In the argument -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=/usr"/bin/cmake which sets make command the double quote looks very suspicious. It could be the very reason which invalidates the path to make. — Tsyvarev
Sorry, that was my mistake, when editing readable output. My cmake settings have correct -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=/usr/bin/cmake without quotation mark. I already edited the question error output, thanks for pointing it out. — Sach
There is more serious problem with CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM parameter: it should refer to Make executable, but /usr/bin/cmake, according to its last component, refers to CMake one. These executables are definitely not interchangeable. Probably, you need /usr/bin/make instead (or just type which make and find the proper path). — Tsyvarev

Tsyvarev Tsyvarev · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-25T11:04:15

The error message

CMake Error: Generator: execution of make failed.

signals, that something wrong with CMake settings or its generator.

In the given case you have additional message

Make command was: /usr/bin/cmake cmTC_df723/fast &&

which means that cmake is run as a Make command.

This is wrong: cmake and make commands are not interchangeable.

Would you inspect the very first command line, you will find the source of that problem:

-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=/usr/bin/cmake

Exactly it sets cmake executable for Make command. You need to fix that line (e.g. in CLion settings).

Simple test output - CMake Error: The source directory does not exist

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