# CMake or Autotools?

**URL:** <https://community.freefem.org/t/cmake-or-autotools/1078>\
**Category:** FreeFEM installation\
**Created:** [July 4, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/cmake-or-autotools/1078 "2021-07-04T13:41:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mzf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mzf](https://community.freefem.org/u/mzf)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/cmake-or-autotools/1078/1 "2021-07-04T13:41:57Z")

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Hello,

I’m trying to update the Debian package of FreeFem++ to version 4.9. I can see some CMake files in the source folder, but the [documentation](https://doc.freefem.org/introduction/installation.html#compilation-on-ubuntu) states to use Autotools.

Is CMake fully supported? Or still experimental?

Thanks,  
François

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**Author:** ![prj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@prj](https://community.freefem.org/u/prj)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/cmake-or-autotools/1078/2 "2021-07-04T13:47:03Z")

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CMake support is experimental.

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**Author:** ![mzf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mzf](https://community.freefem.org/u/mzf)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/cmake-or-autotools/1078/3 "2021-07-04T14:00:59Z")

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Thanks for your quick answer!