# CMAKE errors while installing Openroad

Subcategory: Build issues

## Conversation

### mdzaki-git
HI All,

After installing the dependencies we re stuck with cmake errors and would appreciate your help in fixing them. Attaching the error snippet for reference.
<img width="1388" alt="Cmake Error" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/68725332/223042193-39b47832-730e-4716-abce-421e7a44dfc8.png">


### vijayank88
attach log `build_openroad.log`

### mdzaki-git
[openroad_build.log](https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD/files/10897535/openroad_build.log)


### mdzaki-git
Following the install instruction mentioned on git hub.
https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD

### mdzaki-git
Hi Vitor,

Recloned the repository and tried again, getting below errors now.



On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 7:32 PM Vitor Bandeira ***@***.***>
wrote:

> @vijayank88 <https://github.com/vijayank88>, this warning is not a
> problem with CMake; this indicates that the folder is not a git repo.
> @mdzaki-git <https://github.com/mdzaki-git>, can you make sure that the
> clone ended fine? Maybe check the output of git status --long, the output
> of this command should look something like this:
>
> > git status --long
> On branch master
> Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
> nothing to commit, working tree clean
>
> Also, try to do a clean build and in case of any errors upload the new log
> file.
>
> ./etc/Build.sh -clean
>
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### mdzaki-git
[openroad_build.log](https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD/files/10899446/openroad_build.log)


### vvbandeira
Looks like you missed the `--recursive` when cloning. Please run

```
git submodule update --init
```

In the future you should use `git clone --recursive` to also clone the submodules `abc` and `sta`. 

### mdzaki-git
Hi All,

Thanks it works now.

On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 9:37 PM Vitor Bandeira ***@***.***>
wrote:

> Looks like you missed the --recursive when cloning. Please run
>
> git submodule update --init
>
> In the future you should use git clone --recursive to also clone the
> submodules abc and sta.
>
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