'cmake' is not recognised as an internal or external command - Polaris - c++

Question

My clone project path from github "C:\Users\Addy\Documents\polaris\"
I have created build directory "C:\Users\Addy\Documents\polaris\build"
From cmd.exe I access build directory path "C:\Users\Addy\Documents\polaris\build"
And run this command
"cmake -G "Visual Studio 10 Win64" -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES=Release;Debug .."
I am running this command on windows7 cmd. But it gives me the error.
**'cmake' is not recognised as an internal or external command**
As per the steps given in the
website(https://github.com/anl-polaris/polaris/wiki/Getting-Started)

Answer 1

It sounds like you don't have cmake in your path variables. Simple test, type 'echo %PATH%' in the command prompt, this will list all paths your OS will look for the executable in. If you can't see a path to your cmake executable then you need to add it.
Control Panel >> System >> Advanced System settings (left side on windows 10), too bring up the 'System Properties' window. In this window select 'Environmental Variables' to bring up a new window, then scroll down to PATH and enter the path to cmake.exe, click OK and close all windows to secure new settings.
On some versions of Windows this operation requires a restart before it takes affect, others you just need to open a new command prompt. I would start my opening a new command prompt and reentering 'echo %PATH%' command, looking for the new cmake path, if it's not here then restart Windows.