Makefile equivalent in CMake

Question

I have just started using CMake and it has been less than a week. I have a Makefile written and I am trying to write its equivalent in CMake. I don\'t have an idea about the com

Answer 1

I just converted my project (~15000 lines of C++ code, builds shared libraries, unit tests, and executables) to CMake from scons a couple of weeks ago, and it only took a day or two to do.

One thing I found helpful was that the Boost project now has experimental support for CMake rather than bjam. Looking through their code (specifically, the macros defined in tools/build/CMake) taught me a lot about some of the syntax and capabilities of CMake.

Also useful:

• The official CMake FAQ
• The online CMake documentation
• A simple CMake tutorial
• A quick overview of the language/syntax

Hope this helps.