I tried to install METAL in our server but I failed

Question

[biologydeng]

Hi everyone,

I am new in this area, but cant even successfully install METAL in our server but failed to do so. I downloaded the source version (latest one from 2011) from the official website using wget and then I unzip it with gunzip tar -xvf <filename>

after that I tried to follow the instructions given from the below https://github.com/statgen/METAL

unfortunately I couldnt execute the second command line. cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..

it pops up an error message like this :

Command 'cmake' not found, but can be installed with:

snap install cmake  # version 3.17.3, or
apt  install cmake

See 'snap info cmake' for additional versions.

I am really stuck at this step and my colleagues cant help hope someone can help here !!! much appreciated!

[Joe]

You need a compiler to build the binaries from the source code. In this case, you need cmake, which you appear not to have installed.

Take a look here: https://cmake.org/download/

You can download pre-compiled Mac binaries, or compile from source (using a different compiler).

[biologydeng]

thanks a lot !

I am downloading it now...

[biologydeng]

unfortunately, same message still appeared... I downloaded cmake folder inside the metal folder and 'mkdir' build in that folder as well

I also run the boostrap

error message while I called 'cmake'

Command 'cmake' not found, but can be installed with:

snap install cmake # version 3.17.3, or apt install cmake

See 'snap info cmake' for additional versions.

[Joe]

You need to ensure you install cmake properly. It needs to be in your $PATH variable. It is highly unlikely to be sufficient to put it inside the METAL folder.

Simply downloading a tool is not (in most cases) the same as installing it.

[biologydeng]

Thanks a lot ... I finally installed and set PATH properly for cmake...

now I am facing another problem preventing me from installing METAL completely.. error message :https://ibb.co/zsRfMK2 If anyone knows whats going on please help!!! I just followed the instructions found here https://github.com/statgen/METAL

[ATpoint]

Please download the latest release from GitHub: https://github.com/statgen/METAL/releases

Then apply the steps as before.

You are probably trying to compile a super-ancient version.