Programming
cmake
Generates build files for cross-platform C/C++ projects
Ubuntu
CentOS
Debian
SUSE
Fedora
RHEL
Arch
Alpine
macOS
Verified: 2026-05-13
Syntax
$cmake [options] <source-dir>
Optionen
-S
-B
-D
--build
Examples
$cmake -S . -B build
$cmake --build build
$cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S . -B build
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
cmake --help
Note
Configures build systems and outputs Makefiles or Ninja projects.
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