CMake has several forms of documentation. There is a book Mastering CMake by Ken Martin and Bill Hoffman (ISBN 1-930934-16-5) which is published by Kitware and can be purchased through Kitware's e-store or through Amazon.
Documentation Links:
- Mastering CMake
- Documentation for CMake 2.6
- Documentation for CTest 2.6
- Documentation for CPack 2.6
- CMake Wiki Page
- CMake FAQ Page
CMake also has a complete online reference manual that is generated directly from the CMake source code. Additionally, there is an active CMake Wiki which contains many tips and facts about how to best use CMake's features as well as several web pages that contain quick start information about CMake.
The mailing lists are very helpful and active places to get quick answers about CMake. Kitware also provides CMake Training Courses.
The Kitware Source is a quarterly newsletter for developers designed to deliver detailed technical articles, information on recent releases and upcoming changes related to Kitware's open source products. This includes information on CMake and Kitware's Quality Software Process. The following is a compendium of CMake related articles that have appeared in the Source.
- Kitware Quality Software Process, October 2008
- CMake 2.6, July 2008
- Packaging Software with CPack, January 2007
- Testing Software with CTest and DART, July 2006
Subscribing to the Source is free. To be added to the Source mailing list, please contact the editor at kitware@kitware.com, be sure to include your full name and postal mailing address in the email.
Quick Reference pages:
One of the best ways to learn CMake, is to look at examples of working CMake projects. A great starting place for that would be the source code to the tutorial used in Mastering CMake which can be found here:
In addition many other popular open source projects use CMake such as VTK, ITK, ParaView, VXL, SecondLife and experimentally for Boost. For some more projects using CMake, see the CMake Wiki.
Legacy documentation for CMake: