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cmake

List of commands for cmake:

- cmake
cmake:help cmake: Display help, obtain a list of generators.

$ cmake --help

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- cmake
cmake:tldr:310e1 cmake: Generate a build recipe using `generator_name` as the underlying build system.

$ cmake -G ${generator_name} ${path-to-project_directory}

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- cmake
cmake:tldr:43804 cmake: Run a custom build target.

$ cmake --build ${path-to-build_directory} --target ${target_name}

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cmake:tldr:4f572 cmake: Install the build artifacts using the custom prefix for paths.

$ cmake --install ${path-to-build_directory} --strip --prefix ${path-to-directory}

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cmake:tldr:5a69a cmake: Use a generated recipe in a given directory to build artifacts.

$ cmake --build ${path-to-build_directory}

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cmake:tldr:5f197 cmake: Generate a build recipe in the current directory with `CMakeLists.txt` from a project directory.

$ cmake ${path-to-project_directory}

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cmake:tldr:9d462 cmake: Generate a build recipe, with build type set to `Release` with CMake variable.

$ cmake ${path-to-project_directory} -D ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release}

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cmake:tldr:f49fd cmake: Install the build artifacts into `/usr/local/` and strip debugging symbols.

$ cmake --install ${path-to-build_directory} --strip

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