Problems with builds on MacOS host with CMake v3.31.x / Presumably solved with CMake v4 & Xcode 16.3

[birdofpreyru]

See: #29 (comment)

[sambouchard-newforma]

With the new CMake version installed via Homebrew, the following symlink :
$ sudo ln -s $(which cmake) /usr/local/bin/cmake
Seems to not be the only one we need to do. With that symlink, the command cmake --version returns :

cmake version 3.31.5

CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake).

but the command /usr/local/bin/cmake --version returns :

CMake Error: Could not find CMAKE_ROOT !!!
CMake has most likely not been installed correctly.
Modules directory not found in
/usr/local/share/cmake
cmake version 3.31.5

Which is the same error I get when trying to build my app using with react-native-server

I created a symlink with sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmake/3.31.5/share/cmake /usr/local/share/cmake and now the build doesn't throw an error anymore

[sambouchard-newforma]

Build times seem to have increased with cMake 3.31.5. It used to take ~140s to build the library with cMake 3.30.x and now it takes sometimes ~170s with cMake 3.31.5

[birdofpreyru]

With the new CMake version installed via Homebrew, the following symlink:

I don't know, but it reads to me like you just messed up CMake installation on your particular machine, so that now which cmake points to the location of an older, removed or broken installation. Perhaps, nothing wrong with this library setup.

_Build times seem to have increased with cMake 3.31.5. It used to take ~140s to build the library with cMake 3.30.x and now it takes sometimes ~170s with cMake 3.31.5

🤷‍♂

[sambouchard-newforma]

This is following a clean install of cMake (delete all other version and trace of cMake) and installing it with brew install cmake

[birdofpreyru]

Hmm... I run into the same problem after upgrading from CMake 3.30 to the latest 3.31.5 on my macOS machine, installed via Homebrew 😓 Your workaround, @sambouchard-newforma , with sym-linking share/cmake folder, works fine for me. I have no idea what is (if there is) a proper / better way to deal with it, I'll just add the info to README, with a reference to this very issue; and I'll keep this issue open, hoping that somebody with more knowledge comments on it, or the issue magically goes away with future cmake versions 🤷‍♂

[sadikyalcin]

I get the below error with v3.31.5. Adding $ sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmake/3.31.5/share/cmake /usr/local/share/cmake didn't make a difference.

CMake Error: Could not find CMAKE_ROOT !!!
CMake has most likely not been installed correctly.
Modules directory not found in
/usr/local/share/cmake
CMake Error: Error executing cmake::LoadCache(). Aborting.

Command PhaseScriptExecution failed with a nonzero exit code

Android also fails:

> Task :dr.pogodin_react-native-static-server:compileReleaseKotlin FAILED
e: file:///node_modules/@dr.pogodin/react-native-static-server/android/src/main/java/com/drpogodin/reactnativestaticserver/ReactNativeStaticServerPackage.kt:22:57 None of the following functions can be called with the arguments supplied: 
public constructor ReactModuleInfo(_name: String, _className: String, _canOverrideExistingModule: Boolean, _needsEagerInit: Boolean, isCxxModule: Boolean, isTurboModule: Boolean) defined in com.facebook.react.module.model.ReactModuleInfo
public constructor ReactModuleInfo(name: String, className: String, canOverrideExistingModule: Boolean, needsEagerInit: Boolean, hasConstants: Boolean, isCxxModule: Boolean, isTurboModule: Boolean) defined in com.facebook.react.module.model.ReactModuleInfo

[birdofpreyru]

@sadikyalcin these are sure different issues.

The iOS / CMake, as mentioned above, I have no idea how to fix it for good, and it did not happened with older CMake versions, and if the workaround does not work for you... I guess, perhaps you need to use different paths in the symlink, or smth else... I can't really help with it at the moment.

The Android, I guess you just not using it with the latest RN and new arch?

[sadikyalcin]

@birdofpreyru I upgraded cmake to 3.31.6 and it seems all good.

I also ran this which might've helped with the upgrade: sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmake/3.31.6/share/cmake /usr/local/share/cmake

I haven't touched anything in project settings or anything in xcode.

[sultanmyrza]

Before cmake 3.31.6 (installed via homebrew) worked correctly. However, after updating to Xcode 16.3, I encountered this issue: facebook/react-native#50411. I resolved it by updating to:

• react-native: ~0.77.1
• @dr.pogodin/react-native-static-server: 0.20.1

However, I'm now getting this issue: .../dr-pogodin-react-native-static-server.build/Script-46EB2E0002B910.sh: line 21: cmake: command not found

More logs

PhaseScriptExecution [CP-User]\ Build\ native\ dependencies /Users/sultanmyrza/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MyProject-fanrbdwfcnndcrbwdspvlkqcslwk/Build/Intermediates.noindex/Pods.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/dr-pogodin-react-native-static-server.build/Script-46EB2E0002B910.sh (in target 'dr-pogodin-react-native-static-server' from project 'Pods')

[NOTE: Some logs truncated for simplicity]

    export __DIAGNOSE_DEPRECATED_ARCHS\=YES
    export arch\=undefined_arch
    export variant\=normal
    /bin/sh -c /Users/sultanmyrza/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MyProject-fanrbdwfcnndcrbwdspvlkqcslwk/Build/Intermediates.noindex/Pods.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/dr-pogodin-react-native-static-server.build/Script-46EB2E0002B910.sh

/Users/sultanmyrza/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MyProject-fanrbdwfcnndcrbwdspvlkqcslwk/Build/Intermediates.noindex/Pods.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/dr-pogodin-react-native-static-server.build/Script-46EB2E0002B910.sh: line 21: cmake: command not found
Command PhaseScriptExecution failed with a nonzero exit code

Current Environment

$ cmake --version
cmake version 3.31.6

$ which cmake 
/opt/homebrew/bin/cmake

$ xcodebuild -version
Xcode 16.3
Build version 16E140

# I'm on macOS Sequoia M1 chip
$ sw_vers
ProductName:            macOS
ProductVersion:         15.3.2
BuildVersion:           24D81

Relevant package.json Dependencies

  "@dr.pogodin/react-native-fs": "2.22.0",
  "@dr.pogodin/react-native-static-server": "0.20.1",
  "react-native": "~0.77.1",

P.S: I also tried with cmake version 4.0.0

[birdofpreyru]

@sultanmyrza (1) with @dr.pogodin/react-native-static-server@0.20.1 you want to use RN@0.78.x, as there no guarantees an earlier RN is supported; (2) have you symlinked cmake as mentioned in previous messages in this thread? this (symlink) is the only way I am able to make it work for me on iOS now.

[sultanmyrza]

@birdofpreyru thenk you for response.

Just sharing for future devs who might have similar issues. So far I bumped to react-native 0.79.0-rc.0

Bumping to later react-native version didn't help still getting same issue #130 (comment), #29 (comment)

By the way I have fresh install of mac M1 and before blindly running symlink command I check first by running: $ readlink /opt/homebrew/bin/cmake and got output: ../Cellar/cmake/4.0.0/bin/cmake

In my .zshrc I have the following

# Initialize Homebrew package manager
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)" # see https://earthly.dev/blog/homebrew-on-m1/

Will keep trying if I get any updates will post here