Sakura terminal install fails

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Hi guys,
I’m using the latest Openbox AL release, updated yesterday. Trying to install Sakura terminal everything seems to go fine until i see these errors:

CMake error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to “Unix Makefiles”. CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set. You probably need to select a different build tool.
CMake error: CMAKE_C_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
CMake error: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage.

To be honest, i don’t know what the messages are telling me to do? Why do i need “Unix Makefiles”? How does one set a cmake_make_program if mine isn’t set? And what different build tool? Sorry to be so dense. I very seldom need something from the AUR, and when i do i haven’t had any such problem before. Any advice much appreciated!

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is cmake installed?

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Are you trying to install from the AUR or from source?

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Install cmake and base-devel

If you’re installing from the AUR, which AUR helper are you using?

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I just installed sakura using baph.
No problems. @billd give it another try,

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cmake was installed from the regular repos using pacman. There are options there i didnt fully understand. cmake --help says the Unix Makefiles was default but my errors indicated they weren’t found. I reinstalled cmake from the aur using baph and there were no confusing options. I also installed base-devel using pacman. Not sure if this was previously installed. Strangest thing just after i installed baph -i cmake, my system updated though i did no sudo pacman -Syu. After this i successfully installed sakura from the aur using baph. I replaced alacritty with sakura in my menu. Not entirely sure what all occurred but oh happy day!

thanks everyone!

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