How do you make CMake-GUI?

  1. Install Qt (if you don’t have it already) Download the installer from Qt’s website.
  2. git clone the cmake sources from their git repository to somewhere (e.g., your home directory).
  3. Make a build directory.
  4. Edit CMakeCache.
  5. Re-run cmake ..
  6. Compile cmake (in the build directory)
  7. Install the built cmake.
  8. Final operations.

How do I run CMake-GUI?

Run cmake-gui.exe, which should be in your Start menu under Program Files, there may also be a shortcut on your desktop, or if you built from source, it will be in the build directory. A GUI will appear similar to what is shown below. The top two entries are the source code and binary directories.

What is the CMake-GUI?

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.

Is CMake better than Makefile?

CMake is much more high-level. It’s tailored to compile C++, for which you write much less build code, but can be also used for general purpose build. make has some built-in C/C++ rules as well, but they are useless at best.

Is CMake a build system?

CMake is not a build system but rather it generates another system’s build files. It supports directory hierarchies and applications that depend on multiple libraries. It is used in conjunction with native build environments such as Make, Qt Creator, Ninja, Android Studio, Apple’s Xcode, and Microsoft Visual Studio.

What is Ninja CMake?

Ninja is used to build Google Chrome, parts of Android, LLVM, and can be used in many other projects due to CMake’s Ninja backend. See the manual for more: philosophical background, whether and how you can use Ninja for your project, platform support, and details about the language semantics.

Why should I use CMake?

19 reasons why CMake is actually awesome.

  • CMake is cross-platform.
  • CMake supports multiple IDE’s and build frameworks.
  • CMake supports native shell commands/apps execution.
  • CMake allows easy external project download and incorporation.
  • CMake supports cross-compilation like a champ.
  • CMake makes it easy to handle include paths.

    • Is Makefile obsolete?

    Makefiles are not obsolete, in the same way that text files are not obsolete. Storing all data in plain text is not always the right way of doing things, but if all you want is a Todo List then a plain text file is fine.

    Should I learn make before CMake?

    How to frame the concept behind CMake. No need to learn to write a makefile , since CMake is an abstraction layer or “meta-make” generating the makefiles for you. And as any abstraction layer you just need to learn using its functions.

    What does CMake build do?

    CMake can generate a native build environment that will compile source code, create libraries, generate wrappers and build executables in arbitrary combinations. CMake supports in-place and out-of-place builds, and can therefore support multiple builds from a single source tree.

    Is CMake only for C++?

    Starting with just C/C++ project support, modern CMake now supports languages like Fortran, C# and CUDA. Over the years a lot of open source projects migrated from Makefile based build system to CMake.

    Is Ninja better than Make?

    In contrast to Make, Ninja lacks features such as string manipulation, as Ninja build files are not meant to be written by hand. Instead, a “build generator” should be used to generate Ninja build files. Gyp, CMake, Meson, and gn are popular build management software tools which support creating build files for Ninja.