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 folder as the source:

cmake && make

• Generate a Makefile and use it to compile a project in a separate "build" folder (out-of-source build):

mkdir -p {{build}} && cd {{build}} && cmake ../ && make

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

cmake -i