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  1. September 14th, 2016, 11:39 AM #1
    John E
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    CMake

    I've been asked to build a library which apparently needs to get built using CMake (which I've never used before). Can anyone tell me how simple it's likely to be? i.e. is CMake fairly self-contained? Or will I end up needing to install a bunch of other stuff too? (MSVC will be the actual compiler)
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  2. September 14th, 2016, 01:05 PM #2
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    Re: CMake

    CMake is a system that manages the build process in a compiler-independent manner. It uses config files (CmakeLists.txt) to generate standard build environments for compilers which will then undertake the compile/link using the required compiler (MSVC, gcc etc). For windows install there are pre-compiled binaries available as an MSI package. AFAIK you don't need anything else.

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    https://cmake.org/install/
    https://cmake.org/overview/

    Note however, that Cmake does nothing that can't be done without it. It's only a wrapper for the compiler. If however you have the CMakeLists.txt file(s) then generating the .exe for a complicated solution will be easier than manually configuring MSVC.
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  3. September 15th, 2016, 03:49 AM #3
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    Re: CMake

    Thanks 2kaud. I installed CMake this morning and so far, it seems to be working fine
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