C++

cmake

Start cmake folder

CMAKE_FOLDER=build
cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -S . -B $CMAKE_FOLDER

• -G specify a build system generator
• Ninja can be found here https://ninja-build.org/
• -D create or update a CMake CACHE entry
• -S <path> path to root directory of the CMake project to build
• -B <path> path to directory which CMake will use as the root of build directory
• reference : https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake.1.html

Build

CMAKE_FOLDER=build
cmake --build $CMAKE_FOLDER -j "$(nproc)"

• --build <path> project binary directory to be built
• nproc print the number of processing units available

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