Overview of Common CMake Commands: Essential Project Management Insights

Overview of Common CMake Commands: Essential Project Management Insights

1. Introduction CMake is much simpler than autotools. Next, let’s take a closer look at the common commands provided by CMake. In previous articles, we have discussed many command usages such as PROJECT, ADD_EXECUTABLE, INSTALL, ADD_SUBDIRECTORY, SUBDIRS, INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES, LINK_DIRECTORIES, TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES, and SET. This section introduces more CMake commands, arranged in the order of the CMake … Read more

Getting Started with CMake: HelloWorld Bin

Getting Started with CMake: HelloWorld Bin

Starting a new series on CMake today, the latest release is on the platform, welcome to join and get first-hand resources. Each issue will be driven by examples and directories, learning step by step, feel free to bookmark and share. Generating Executable Files Assuming we only have a .cc file. Create a CMakeLists.txt file in … Read more

CMake Practical Tutorial (Part 2)

CMake Practical Tutorial (Part 2)

Introduction From the previous article, I believe everyone has understood what CMake is, but it’s not something you can master just by looking at it; you need to practice in order to learn it. If you have already practiced, you will realize how difficult it is to use the content from the last article in … Read more

CMake Module Detailed Explanation: Mastering Usage and Custom Modules

CMake Module Detailed Explanation: Mastering Usage and Custom Modules

1. Introduction This article will focus on the usage of system-defined Find modules and how to write your own Find modules. The system provides various other modules, which generally need to be explicitly called using the INCLUDE directive. The FIND_PACKAGE directive is a special case that can directly invoke predefined modules. In fact, managing a … Read more

Advanced CMake Practices and Common Issues

Advanced CMake Practices and Common Issues

Today, we will delve into two heavyweight topics: package management installation configuration and best practices along with common issues. Have you also encountered these situations: Wrote a fantastic library but don’t know how to let others use it elegantly; After sharing the project, others always complain about “missing dependencies”; Clearly configured CMakeLists.txt, yet still falls … Read more

CMake Template for Simple Projects

CMake Template for Simple Projects

CMake can be seen as a tool for automatically generating Makefiles, but it is actually a programming language with a scripting style: Cross-platform support: CMake supports multiple operating systems and compilers, allowing the same build configuration to be used in different environments. Simplified configuration: Through the CMakeLists.txt file, users can define project structure, dependencies, compilation … Read more

CMake Practical Guide (Part One)

CMake Practical Guide (Part One)

Click the blue text above to follow us Introduction Previously, we introduced the use of Autotools; today we will look at how to use CMake. CMake is a project build tool, similar to Autotools. It can be simply understood as a tool that helps us generate Makefiles for easier compilation. Usage Example (1) Create main.c, … Read more

Getting Started with CMake Build Tool

Getting Started with CMake Build Tool

Getting Started with CMake Build Tool Hello everyone, today I want to share with you a very practical tool – CMake. As a programmer, I understand the importance of managing and building code when developing large projects. CMake is like a project management assistant that helps us handle complex issues such as code compilation and … Read more

CMake Learning Summary (Part 1)

CMake Learning Summary (Part 1)

Good evening everyone, and I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival. Today, I would like to share with you the project management tool CMake. There is no prior introduction to the Makefile project management tool (to be honest, these two are quite similar; CMake ultimately generates a Makefile, but the syntax of CMake … Read more