CMake Tutorial¶

The CMake tutorial provides a step-by-step guide that covers common build system issues that CMake helps address. Seeing how various topics all work together in an example project can be very helpful.

Steps¶

The tutorial source code examples are available in this archive . Each step has its own subdirectory containing code that may be used as a starting point. The tutorial examples are progressive so that each step provides the complete solution for the previous step.

• Step 1: A Basic Starting Point
  • Exercise 1 - Building a Basic Project
  • Exercise 2 - Specifying the C++ Standard
  • Exercise 3 - Adding a Version Number and Configured Header File
  • Exercise 1 - Creating a Library
  • Exercise 2 - Adding an Option
  • Exercise 1 - Adding Usage Requirements for a Library
  • Exercise 2 - Setting the C++ Standard with Interface Libraries
  • Exercise 1 - Adding Compiler Warning Flags with Generator Expressions
  • Exercise 1 - Install Rules
  • Exercise 2 - Testing Support
  • Exercise 1 - Send Results to a Testing Dashboard
  • Exercise 1 - Assessing Dependency Availability