<> == Creating distribution packages with CMake == CMake can automatically create packages for several distributions (e.g. Redhat/Fedora .rpm, Debian/Ubuntu .deb, etc), though the created packages will lack dependency information. To create these packages, add at the end of CMakeLists.txt: {{{#!highlight make SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB") SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}) SET(CPACK_SET_DESTDIR TRUE) SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "me") SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "0") SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "0") SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "1~alpha1") include(CPack) }}} Modify the variables to create an package with the appropriate name and metadata fields. After building the package, run: {{{#!highlight sh make package }}} Source: [[http://apachelog.blogspot.com/2009/05/checkinstall-debs-done-cmake-way.html|Harold Sitter's Checkinstall DEBs done the CMake way...]] == Good examples == https://github.com/videolan/x265 https://github.com/Qartar/qflags/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt == CMake, CPack, and Windows == Example of using WIX and CPack: https://cmaketools.codeplex.com/SourceControl/latest#CMakeLists.txt Uses: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/include_external_msproject.html Installing the MS Visual Studio runtime dependencies w/ WiX:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34592378/redistributables-for-deploying-c-exe-developed-with-visual-studio-2015-on-wind == Tutorials == [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsXLMQ6WgIk|C++Now 2017: Daniel Pfeifer “Effective CMake"]] [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18fY0zDtJCMUW5WdY2ZOfKtvb7lXEbBPFe_I6MNJC0Qw/edit#slide=id.g15c79ae86d_0_55|Modern CMake]]: presentation. == External links == [[https://blog.kitware.com/create-dlls-on-windows-without-declspec-using-new-cmake-export-all-feature/|Create dlls on Windows without declspec() using new CMake export all feature | The Kitware Blog]]: have CMake already export symbols for DLLs. https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility provides an alternative. [[http://stackoverflow.com/a/26038443/14878|Difference between PRIVATE, PUBLIC, and INTERFACE]] [[https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2015/11/21/cmake-dependencies-between-targets-and-files-and-custom-commands/|CMake: dependencies between targets and files and custom commands | Sam Thursfield's Blog]] [[https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/CMakeModularizationStatus|CMakeModularizationStatus – Boost C++ Libraries]]: Building Boost w/ CMake [[https://github.com/nerdvegas/vfxcmake|nerdvegas/vfxcmake: Cmake Find modules for common vfx software, and general Cmake utility code]]: Modules for finding Nuke's SDK, Arnold, Houdini, OpenEXR, etc. ---- CategoryCheatSheet