build cocos2dx on linuxmint 18

cocos2dx-build-notes-linuxmint-18.txt

cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.4.0-138-generic (buildd@lcy01-amd64-006) (gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.10) ) #164-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 2 17:16:02 UTC 2018

# typical install fails
git clone ....
cd to-the-repo
git submodule update --init
./download-deps.py
./build/install-deps-linux.sh
cd build
mkdir linux-build; cd linux-build
cmake ../../

# fix one: install latest cmake
sudo apt remove cmake
# download installer script from cmake: cmake-3.13.2-Linux-x86_64.sh
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# run script in /opt
sudo ln -s /opt/cmake-3.13.2-Linux-x86_64/bin/* /usr/local/bin/
cmake --version
cmake version 3.13.2

# install at least glfw 3.2
sudo apt remove libglfw3-dev
#download glfw-3.2.1.zip
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unzip glfw-3.2.1.zip
cd glfw-3.2.1; mkdir build; cd build; cmake ..; make -j 4 ; sudo make install

# cocos2d should now build cleanly
# from root
mkdir build/linux-build; cd build/linux-build
cmake ../..
make -j 4
# success!(?)