cmake and Qt

cmake Visual Studio mapping - cmake-and-visual-studio

CMake_FAQ
cmake-tutorial
Qt5 mini-cmake-qt project
qt-cmake-template
Building Qt 5 from Git
CMake Useful Variables
cmake-generator-expressions
PACKT cmake-cookbook

target_sources target_sources

CMake Generators

cmake-generators

cmake generate

cd  <build dir>
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<install dir> -G  "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" ..
// VS 2019
cmake-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<install dir>   -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 ..
// or
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<install dir> -G  "Unix Makefiles"  ..

List available generators

cmake --help

cmake build

List all targets

cmake --build . --target help

build <dir> is an existing build directory

cmake --build "." --target <tgt> --config RelWithDebInfo

cmake install

cmake -DBUILD_TYPE=Release -P cmake_install.cmake

cpack (requires install command in CMakeLists.txt)

cpack -C Release --config ./CPackConfig.cmake

Use verbose mode to find errors in a filepath of a component. (Use . for components on root)

cpack --verbose -C Release --config ./CPackConfig.cmake

Transitive Compile Dependency

Private - Needed by me but not my dependers
Public - Needed by me and my dependers
Interface - Needed not by me but my dependers

MOC UIC RCC

set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)

Iterate over Qt GUI plugins and get the location

foreach(plugin ${Qt5Gui_PLUGINS})
  get_target_property(_loc ${plugin} LOCATION)
  message("Plugin ${plugin} is at location ${_loc}")
endforeach()

obsolete (add uic and qrc files to source)

qt5_wrap_ui(UIS_HDRS xxx.ui)
qt5_add_resources(QRC_HDRS xxx.qrc)

CMAKE Generator Expression Overview