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0 # Building with CMake

1

2 ## Build

3

4 This project doesn't require any special command-line flags to build to keep

5 things simple.

6

7 Here are the steps for building in release mode with a single-configuration

8 generator, like the Unix Makefiles one:

9

10 ```sh

11 cmake -S . -B build -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

12 cmake --build build

13 ```

14

15 Here are the steps for building in release mode with a multi-configuration

16 generator, like the Visual Studio ones:

17

18 ```sh

19 cmake -S . -B build

20 cmake --build build --config Release

21 ```

22

23 ### Building with MSVC

24

25 Note that MSVC by default is not standards compliant and you need to pass some

26 flags to make it behave properly. See the `flags-msvc` preset in the

27 [CMakePresets.json](CMakePresets.json) file for the flags and with what

28 variable to provide them to CMake during configuration.

29

30 ### Building on Apple Silicon

31

32 CMake supports building on Apple Silicon properly since 3.20.1. Make sure you

33 have the [latest version][1] installed.

34

35 ## Install

36

37 This project doesn't require any special command-line flags to install to keep

38 things simple. As a prerequisite, the project has to be built with the above

39 commands already.

40

41 The below commands require at least CMake 3.15 to run, because that is the

42 version in which [Install a Project][2] was added.

43

44 Here is the command for installing the release mode artifacts with a

45 single-configuration generator, like the Unix Makefiles one:

46

47 ```sh

48 cmake --install build

49 ```

50

51 Here is the command for installing the release mode artifacts with a

52 multi-configuration generator, like the Visual Studio ones:

53

54 ```sh

55 cmake --install build --config Release

56 ```

57

58 [1]: https://cmake.org/download/

59 [2]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake.1.html#install-a-project