cmake and make in Windows

Question

I understand that in linux cmake, make and make install can be combined together to produce a release. For example:

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
make
make         


        

Answer 1

You can use msbuild instead of make:

cmake -G"Visual Studio 12" ..
msbuild /P:Configuration=Release INSTALL.vcxproj

or you could use CMake's --build argument:

cmake -G"Visual Studio 12" ..
cmake --build . --target INSTALL --config Release

If you need the equivalent of the make command with no args (i.e. make all) you would build the ALL_BUILD target as well, but this is built as part of the INSTALL target anyway.