Unable to install remake on osx

[furgalep]

I get this error

public-docking-hg-1061: (master) build $ cmake ..
-- The C compiler identification is Clang 5.1.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is Clang 5.1.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Found PkgConfig: /usr/local/bin/pkg-config (found version "0.28") 
-- Project: ReMake version 1:0.6.4-244, release beta
-- Summary: A set of CMake macros for restructuring GNU Automake/Autoconf projects.
-- Author(s): Ralf Kaestner, Dizan Vasquez <ralf.kaestner@gmail.com>
-- Home: http://github.com/kralf/remake
-- License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
-- Documentation: man, ps, html
-- Warning: Missing executable dpkg-query!
CMake Error at modules/ReMakePack.cmake:372 (message):
  No package on build system matches dependency cmake (>= 2.6.2)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:33 (remake_pack_deb)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/tmp/remake/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
public-docking-hg-1061: (master*) build $ brew install cmake
Warning: cmake-2.8.12.2 already installed
public-docking-hg-1061: (master*) build $ cmake ..
-- Project: ReMake version 1:0.6.4-244, release beta
-- Summary: A set of CMake macros for restructuring GNU Automake/Autoconf projects.
-- Author(s): Ralf Kaestner, Dizan Vasquez <ralf.kaestner@gmail.com>
-- Home: http://github.com/kralf/remake
-- License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
-- Documentation: man, ps, html
-- Warning: Missing executable dpkg-query!
CMake Error at modules/ReMakePack.cmake:372 (message):
  No package on build system matches dependency cmake (>= 2.6.2)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:33 (remake_pack_deb)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/tmp/remake/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

which doesn't seem to make sense with

public-docking-hg-1061: (master*) build $ cmake --version
cmake version 2.8.12.2

[John-K]

I get this error too

[abhinavkssk]

if using non debian distributions, you could try removing the debian related commands from the CMake file and try

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.2)

set(
  CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/modules
)

include(ReMake)

remake_project(
  ReMake
  VERSION 1:0.7.1
  RELEASE beta
  SUMMARY "A set of CMake macros for restructuring GNU Automake/Autoconf projects."
  AUTHOR "Ralf Kaestner"
  AUTHOR "Dizan Vasquez"
  CONTACT "ralf.kaestner@gmail.com"
  HOME "http://github.com/kralf/remake"
  LICENSE "GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)"
  INSTALL /usr
  README README.md
)

remake_add_directories(
  modules
  toolchains
)
remake_doc(
  man INSTALL share
  ps
  html
)