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CMake is a cross-platform, open-source build system generator. It generates files for build systems like native makefiles, ninja-build and project files for several integrated development environments.

CMake is a cross-platform, open-source build system generator. It generates files for build systems like native makefiles, ninja-build and project files for several integrated development environments.

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Cause CMAKE to generate an error

How can I get CMAKE to generate an error on a particular condition. That is, I want something like this: if( SOME_COND ) error( "You can't do that" ) endif()
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OS specific instructions in CMAKE: How to?

I am a beginner to CMAKE. Below is a simple cmake file which works well in mingw environment windows. The problem is clearly with target_link_libraries() function of CMAKE where I am linking libwsock32.a. In windows this works and I get the results.…
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How to specify new GCC path for CMake

My OS is centos which has a default gcc in path /usr/bin/gcc. But it is old, I need a new version of gcc. So I install a new version in a new path /usr/local/bin/gcc. But when I run cmake, it still uses the old version gcc path(/usr/bin/gcc) . How…
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Difference between CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR and CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR

From the Wiki: CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR this is the directory where the currently processed CMakeLists.txt is located in CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR (since 2.8.3) this is the directory of the listfile currently being processed. From the…
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How do you add Boost libraries in CMakeLists.txt?

I need to add Boost libraries into my CMakeLists.txt. How do you do it or how do you add it?
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How to set warning level in CMake?

How to set the warning level for a project (not the whole solution) using CMake? Should work on Visual Studio and GCC. I found various options but most seem either not to work or are not consistent with the documentation.
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How to start working with GTest and CMake

I have recently been sold on using CMake for compiling my C++ projects, and would now like to start writing some unit tests for my code. I have decided to use the Google Test utility to help with this, but require some help in getting started. All…
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Using CMake, how do I get verbose output from CTest?

I'm using CMake to build my project. I have added a unit test binary which is using the Boost unit testing framework. This one binary contains all of the unit tests. I've added that binary to be run by CTest: ADD_EXECUTABLE( tftest test-main.cpp…
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CMake how to set the build directory to be different than source directory

I'm pretty new to CMake, and read a few tutorials on how to use it, and wrote some complicated 50 lines of CMake script in order to make a program for 3 different compilers. This probably concludes all my knowledge in CMake. Now my problem is that I…
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CMake target_link_libraries Interface Dependencies

I am new to CMake and a bit confused with the PUBLIC, PRIVATE and INTERFACE keywords related to target_link_libraries(). Documentation mentions that they can be used to specify both the link dependencies and the link interface in one command. What…
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How to set a CMake option() at command line

I created a CMakeLists.txt that contains the following project(P4V) cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6) option(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS "Build the static library" ON) option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build the shared library" ON) option(BUILD_TESTS "Build test…
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CMake target_include_directories meaning of scope

What is the meaning of the keyword PUBLIC, PRIVATE, and INTERFACE related to CMake's target_include_directories?
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CMake: How to build external projects and include their targets

I have a Project A that exports a static library as a target: install(TARGETS alib DESTINATION lib EXPORT project_a-targets) install(EXPORT project_a-targets DESTINATION lib/alib) Now I want to use Project A as an external project from Project B…
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Override compile flags for single files

I would like to use a global set of flags for compiling a project, meaning that at my top-level CMakeLists.txt file I have specified: ADD_DEFINITIONS ( -Wall -Weffc++ -pedantic -std=c++0x ) However, for a specific file (let's say "foo.cpp") in a…
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CMake does not find Visual C++ compiler

After installing Visual Studio 2015 and running CMake on a previous project, CMake errors stating that it could not find the C compiler. The C compiler identification is unknown The CXX compiler identification is unknown CMake Error at…
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