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Name

  cmake - Cross-Platform Makefile Generator.

Usage

  cmake [options] <path-to-source>
cmake [options] <path-to-existing-build>

Description

The "cmake" executable is the CMake command-line interface. It may be used to configure projects in scripts. Project configuration settings may be specified on the command line with the -D option. The -i option will cause cmake to interactively prompt for such settings.

CMake is a cross-platform build system generator. Projects specify their build process with platform-independent CMake listfiles included in each directory of a source tree with the name CMakeLists.txt. Users build a project by using CMake to generate a build system for a native tool on their platform.

Options

Generators

The following generators are available on this platform:

Commands

Properties

  CMake Properties - Properties supported by CMake, the Cross-Platform Makefile Generator.

This is the documentation for the properties supported by CMake. Properties can have different scopes. They can either be assigned to a source file, a directory, a target or globally to CMake. By modifying the values of properties the behaviour of the build system can be customized.

Properties of Global Scope

Properties on Directories

Properties on Targets

Properties on Tests

Properties on Source Files

Compatibility Commands

  CMake Compatibility Listfile Commands - Obsolete commands supported by CMake for compatibility.

This is the documentation for now obsolete listfile commands from previous CMake versions, which are still supported for compatibility reasons. You should instead use the newer, faster and shinier new commands. ;-)

Standard CMake Modules

The following modules are provided with CMake. They can be used with INCLUDE(ModuleName).

  CMake Modules - Modules coming with CMake, the Cross-Platform Makefile Generator.

This is the documentation for the modules and scripts coming with CMake. Using these modules you can check the computer system for installed software packages, features of the compiler and the existance of headers to name just a few.

Policies

Variables

Variables That Change Behavior

Variables That Describe the System

Variables for Languages

Variables that Control the Build

Variables that Provide Information

variables defined by cmake, that give information about the project, and cmake