tldr/pages/common/cmake.md

cmake

Cross-platform build system generator. It generates Makefiles, Visual Studio projects or others, depending on the target system.

• Generate a Makefile and use it to compile a project in the same directory as the source:

cmake && make

• Generate a Makefule and use it to compile a project in a separate directory (out-of-source build):

cd {{build_dir}} && cmake ../ && make

• Run cmake in interactive mode (it will ask for each variable, instead of using defaults):

cmake -i