In this recipe, we have used a simple CMakeLists.txt to build a "Hello world" executable:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)project(recipe-01 LANGUAGES CXX)add_executable(hello-world hello-world.cpp)
The CMake language is case insensitive, but the arguments are case sensitive.
In CMake, C++ is the default programming language. However, we suggest to always explicitly state the project’s language in the project command using the LANGUAGES option.
To configure the project and generate its build system, we have to run CMake through its command-line interface (CLI). The CMake CLI offers a number of switches, cmake --help will output to screen the full help menu listing all of the available switches. We will learn more ...
