Chapter 1.1 : What is CMake ?
CMake (http://www.cmake.org/) is a program which generates the Makefiles used by Make.Why use CMake ?
- Eases Make use
- but the same way of thinking
- generate the Makefile
- Separate the compilation from the sources
- Multi-platfoms
- Very flexible
- Check if the libraries/programs are available on your system
- File generator (configure_file)
- Calling programs or scripts (doxygen)
- One of the new standards