BUILDING.md (2584B)
1 # Building with CMake 2 3 ## Build 4 5 This project doesn't require any special command-line flags to build to keep 6 things simple. 7 8 Here are the steps for building in release mode with a single-configuration 9 generator, like the Unix Makefiles one: 10 11 ```sh 12 cmake -S . -B build -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release 13 cmake --build build 14 ``` 15 16 Here are the steps for building in release mode with a multi-configuration 17 generator, like the Visual Studio ones: 18 19 ```sh 20 cmake -S . -B build 21 cmake --build build --config Release 22 ``` 23 24 ### Building with MSVC 25 26 Note that MSVC by default is not standards compliant and you need to pass some 27 flags to make it behave properly. See the `flags-msvc` preset in the 28 [CMakePresets.json](CMakePresets.json) file for the flags and with what 29 variable to provide them to CMake during configuration. 30 31 ### Building on Apple Silicon 32 33 CMake supports building on Apple Silicon properly since 3.20.1. Make sure you 34 have the [latest version][1] installed. 35 36 ## Install 37 38 This project doesn't require any special command-line flags to install to keep 39 things simple. As a prerequisite, the project has to be built with the above 40 commands already. 41 42 The below commands require at least CMake 3.15 to run, because that is the 43 version in which [Install a Project][2] was added. 44 45 Here is the command for installing the release mode artifacts with a 46 single-configuration generator, like the Unix Makefiles one: 47 48 ```sh 49 cmake --install build 50 ``` 51 52 Here is the command for installing the release mode artifacts with a 53 multi-configuration generator, like the Visual Studio ones: 54 55 ```sh 56 cmake --install build --config Release 57 ``` 58 59 ### CMake package 60 61 This project exports a CMake package to be used with the [`find_package`][3] 62 command of CMake: 63 64 * Package name: `hemplate` 65 * Target name: `hemplate::hemplate` 66 67 Example usage: 68 69 ```cmake 70 find_package(hemplate REQUIRED) 71 # Declare the imported target as a build requirement using PRIVATE, where 72 # project_target is a target created in the consuming project 73 target_link_libraries( 74 project_target PRIVATE 75 hemplate::hemplate 76 ) 77 ``` 78 79 ### Note to packagers 80 81 The `CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR` is set to a path other than just `include` if 82 the project is configured as a top level project to avoid indirectly including 83 other libraries when installed to a common prefix. Please review the 84 [install-rules.cmake](cmake/install-rules.cmake) file for the full set of 85 install rules. 86 87 [1]: https://cmake.org/download/ 88 [2]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake.1.html#install-a-project 89 [3]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/find_package.html