Usage cmake [options] cmake [options] cmake [options] -S -B Specify a source directory to (re-)generate a build system for it in the current working directory. Specify an existing build directory to re-generate its build system. Options -S = Explicitly specify a source directory. -B = Explicitly specify a build directory. -C = Pre-load a script to populate the cache. -D [:]= = Create or update a cmake cache entry. -U = Remove matching entries from CMake cache. -G = Specify a build system generator. -T = Specify toolset name if supported by generator. -A = Specify platform name if supported by generator. -Wdev = Enable developer warnings. -Wno-dev = Suppress developer warnings. -Werror=dev = Make developer warnings errors. -Wno-error=dev = Make developer warnings not errors. -Wdeprecated = Enable deprecation warnings. -Wno-deprecated = Suppress deprecation warnings. -Werror=deprecated = Make deprecated macro and function warnings errors. -Wno-error=deprecated = Make deprecated macro and function warnings not errors. --preset ,--preset= = Specify a configure preset. --list-presets = List available presets. -E = CMake command mode. -L[A][H] = List non-advanced cached variables. --build = Build a CMake-generated project binary tree. --install = Install a CMake-generated project binary tree. --open = Open generated project in the associated application. -N = View mode only. -P = Process script mode. --find-package = Legacy pkg-config like mode. Do not use. --graphviz=[file] = Generate graphviz of dependencies, see CMakeGraphVizOptions.cmake for more. --system-information [file] = Dump information about this system. --log-level= = Set the verbosity of messages from CMake files. --loglevel is also accepted for backward compatibility reasons. --log-context = Prepend log messages with context, if given --debug-trycompile = Do not delete the try_compile build tree. Only useful on one try_compile at a time. --debug-output = Put cmake in a debug mode. --debug-find = Put cmake find in a debug mode. --trace = Put cmake in trace mode. --trace-expand = Put cmake in trace mode with variable expansion. --trace-format= = Set the output format of the trace. --trace-source= = Trace only this CMake file/module. Multiple options allowed. --trace-redirect= = Redirect trace output to a file instead of stderr. --warn-uninitialized = Warn about uninitialized values. --no-warn-unused-cli = Don't warn about command line options. --check-system-vars = Find problems with variable usage in system files. --profiling-format= = Output data for profiling CMake scripts. Supported formats: google-trace --profiling-output= = Select an output path for the profiling data enabled through --profiling-format. --help,-help,-usage,-h,-H,/? = Print usage information and exit. --version,-version,/V [] = Print version number and exit. --help-full [] = Print all help manuals and exit. --help-manual [] = Print one help manual and exit. --help-manual-list [] = List help manuals available and exit. --help-command [] = Print help for one command and exit. --help-command-list [] = List commands with help available and exit. --help-commands [] = Print cmake-commands manual and exit. --help-module [] = Print help for one module and exit. --help-module-list [] = List modules with help available and exit. --help-modules [] = Print cmake-modules manual and exit. --help-policy [] = Print help for one policy and exit. --help-policy-list [] = List policies with help available and exit. --help-policies [] = Print cmake-policies manual and exit. --help-property [] = Print help for one property and exit. --help-property-list [] = List properties with help available and exit. --help-properties [] = Print cmake-properties manual and exit. --help-variable var [] = Print help for one variable and exit. --help-variable-list [] = List variables with help available and exit. --help-variables [] = Print cmake-variables manual and exit. Generators The following generators are available on this platform (* marks default): * Visual Studio 16 2019 = Generates Visual Studio 2019 project files. Use -A option to specify architecture. Visual Studio 15 2017 [arch] = Generates Visual Studio 2017 project files. Optional [arch] can be "Win64" or "ARM". Visual Studio 14 2015 [arch] = Generates Visual Studio 2015 project files. Optional [arch] can be "Win64" or "ARM". Visual Studio 12 2013 [arch] = Generates Visual Studio 2013 project files. Optional [arch] can be "Win64" or "ARM". Visual Studio 11 2012 [arch] = Generates Visual Studio 2012 project files. Optional [arch] can be "Win64" or "ARM". Visual Studio 10 2010 [arch] = Generates Visual Studio 2010 project files. Optional [arch] can be "Win64" or "IA64". Visual Studio 9 2008 [arch] = Generates Visual Studio 2008 project files. Optional [arch] can be "Win64" or "IA64". Borland Makefiles = Generates Borland makefiles. NMake Makefiles = Generates NMake makefiles. NMake Makefiles JOM = Generates JOM makefiles. MSYS Makefiles = Generates MSYS makefiles. MinGW Makefiles = Generates a make file for use with mingw32-make. Green Hills MULTI = Generates Green Hills MULTI files (experimental, work-in-progress). Unix Makefiles = Generates standard UNIX makefiles. Ninja = Generates build.ninja files. Ninja Multi-Config = Generates build-.ninja files. Watcom WMake = Generates Watcom WMake makefiles. CodeBlocks - MinGW Makefiles = Generates CodeBlocks project files. CodeBlocks - NMake Makefiles = Generates CodeBlocks project files. CodeBlocks - NMake Makefiles JOM = Generates CodeBlocks project files. CodeBlocks - Ninja = Generates CodeBlocks project files. CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles = Generates CodeBlocks project files. CodeLite - MinGW Makefiles = Generates CodeLite project files. CodeLite - NMake Makefiles = Generates CodeLite project files. CodeLite - Ninja = Generates CodeLite project files. CodeLite - Unix Makefiles = Generates CodeLite project files. Eclipse CDT4 - NMake Makefiles = Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files. Eclipse CDT4 - MinGW Makefiles = Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files. Eclipse CDT4 - Ninja = Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files. Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles= Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files. Kate - MinGW Makefiles = Generates Kate project files. Kate - NMake Makefiles = Generates Kate project files. Kate - Ninja = Generates Kate project files. Kate - Unix Makefiles = Generates Kate project files. Sublime Text 2 - MinGW Makefiles = Generates Sublime Text 2 project files. Sublime Text 2 - NMake Makefiles = Generates Sublime Text 2 project files. Sublime Text 2 - Ninja = Generates Sublime Text 2 project files. Sublime Text 2 - Unix Makefiles = Generates Sublime Text 2 project files.