How to set a CMake option() at command line

Question

I created a CMakeLists.txt that contains the following

project(P4V)
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)

option(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS \"Build the static library\         


        

Answer 1

An additional option is to go to your build folder and use the command ccmake .

This is like the GUI but terminal based. This obviously won't help with an installation script but at least it can be run without a UI.

The one warning I have is it won't let you generate sometimes when you have warnings. if that is the case, exit the interface and call cmake .

Answer 2

Delete the CMakeCache.txt file and try this:

cmake -G %1 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=ON ..

You have to enter all your command-line definitions before including the path.

Answer 3

this works for me:

cmake -D DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=ON DBUILD_TESTS=ON ..