cmake-tutorial

Build process in C/C++

Dependencies

$ sudo apt install build-essential

Get started

$ cd src/app

• Follow the README.md in each folder of tutorial starting from tutorial1 to tutorial3

Using CMake

• Make sure you are at top level directory of this repo

$ ls

• You should be able to see

cmake CMakeLists.txt docs README.md src

• Now run the following command:

$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ cmake --build .

• You should be able to see all the program under build/bin directory

• To pack the program, currently applicable under cmake version greater than 3.11 in this repo, go to build directory then

$ cpack

• You should see a .deb package with named cmake_tutorial_1.0.0_architecture for example cmake_tutorial_1.0.0_amd64.deb

$ sudo dpkg -i cmake_tutorial_1.0.0_amd64.deb

• The package in installed under /opt/cmake_tutorial

References

• For detail information, kindly refer to cmake guide
• If you are interested in getting to know how compiler works, this will give some insights.