CMake is an open-source, cross-platform family of tools designed to build, test and package software. CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files, and generate native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler environment of your choice. The suite of CMake tools were created by Kitware in response to the need for a powerful, cross-platform build environment for open-source projects such as ITK and VTK. For full documentation visit the CMake Home Page and the CMake Documentation Page. The CMake Community Wiki also references useful guides and recipes.
CMake is distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-clause License. See Copyright.txt for details.
You will need:
- A modern C/C++ compiler
- Git
- make
- CMake 3.1+ installed (on a Mac, run
brew install cmake) - If you prefer to code in a great IDE, I highly recommend Jetbrains CLion.
- Microsoft Windows
- Apple macOS
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
- Solaris
- AIX
Other UNIX-like operating systems may work too out of the box, if not it should not be a major problem to port CMake to this platform. Please post to the CMake Discourse Forum to ask if others have had experience with the platform.
First of all, you need to install cmake.
On Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install cmake
On macOS:
brew install cmake
Make sure the cmake is installed correctly:
% cmake --version
cmake version 3.10.2
CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake).
Re-generate the build files using the following command:
cd build/
cmake ..
make
make install
The resultant files now have been installed in the bin directory. You can navigate there and execute them as follows :
./function
./numbers
There are CMake tutorials which you will find useful during your CMake journey.