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cmake-generators - CMake Generators Reference

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CMAKE-GENERATORS(7)                  CMake                 CMAKE-GENERATORS(7)



NAME
       cmake-generators - CMake Generators Reference

INTRODUCTION
       A  CMake  Generator  is  responsible  for writing the input files for a
       native build system.  Exactly one  of  the  CMake  Generators  must  be
       selected  for  a build tree to determine what native build system is to
       be used.  Optionally one of the Extra Generators may be selected  as  a
       variant  of  some  of the Command-Line Build Tool Generators to produce
       project files for an auxiliary IDE.

       CMake Generators are platform-specific so each may be available only on
       certain  platforms.  The cmake(1) command-line tool --help output lists
       available generators on the current platform.  Use  its  -G  option  to
       specify  the  generator  for a new build tree.  The cmake-gui(1) offers
       interactive selection of a generator when creating a new build tree.

CMAKE GENERATORS
   Command-Line Build Tool Generators
       These generators support command-line build tools.   In  order  to  use
       them,  one  must launch CMake from a command-line prompt whose environ-
       ment is already configured for the chosen compiler and build tool.

   Makefile Generators
   Borland Makefiles
       Generates Borland makefiles.

   MSYS Makefiles
       Generates makefiles for use with MSYS (Minimal SYStem) make  under  the
       MSYS shell.

       Use  this  generator in a MSYS shell prompt and using make as the build
       tool.  The generated makefiles use /bin/sh as the shell to launch build
       rules.  They are not compatible with a Windows command prompt.

       To build under a Windows command prompt, use the MinGW Makefiles gener-
       ator.

   MinGW Makefiles
       Generates makefiles for use with mingw32-make under a  Windows  command
       prompt.

       Use  this generator under a Windows command prompt with MinGW (Minimal-
       ist GNU for Windows) in the PATH and using mingw32-make  as  the  build
       tool.  The generated makefiles use cmd.exe as the shell to launch build
       rules.  They are not compatible with MSYS or a unix shell.

       To build under the MSYS shell, use the MSYS Makefiles generator.

   NMake Makefiles
       Generates NMake makefiles.

   NMake Makefiles JOM
       Generates JOM makefiles.

       New in version 3.8: CodeBlocks generator can be used as an extra gener-
       ator.


   Unix Makefiles
       Generates standard UNIX makefiles.

       A  hierarchy  of  UNIX makefiles is generated into the build tree.  Use
       any standard UNIX-style make program to build the project  through  the
       all   target   and   install   the  project  through  the  install  (or
       install/strip) target.

       For each subdirectory sub/dir of the project a UNIX  makefile  will  be
       created, containing the following targets:

       all    Depends on all targets required by the subdirectory.

       install
              Runs the install step in the subdirectory, if any.

       install/strip
              Runs  the  install  step  in  the  subdirectory  followed  by  a
              CMAKE_STRIP command, if any.

              The CMAKE_STRIP variable will contain the platform's strip util-
              ity, which removes symbols information from generated binaries.

       test   Runs the test step in the subdirectory, if any.

       package
              Runs the package step in the subdirectory, if any.

   Watcom WMake
       Generates Watcom WMake makefiles.

   Ninja Generators
   Ninja
       Generates build.ninja files.

       A  build.ninja  file  is  generated into the build tree.  Use the ninja
       program to build the project through the all  target  and  install  the
       project through the install (or install/strip) target.

       For  each  subdirectory  sub/dir of the project, additional targets are
       generated:

       sub/dir/all
          New in version 3.6: Depends on all targets required by the subdirec-
          tory.


       sub/dir/install
          New  in  version  3.7: Runs the install step in the subdirectory, if
          any.


       sub/dir/install/strip
          New in version 3.7: Runs the install step in the  subdirectory  fol-
          lowed by a CMAKE_STRIP command, if any.

          The  CMAKE_STRIP variable will contain the platform's strip utility,
          which removes symbols information from generated binaries.


       sub/dir/test
          New in version 3.7: Runs the test step in the subdirectory, if any.


       sub/dir/package
          New in version 3.7: Runs the package step in  the  subdirectory,  if
          any.


   Fortran Support
       New in version 3.7.


       The  Ninja generator conditionally supports Fortran when the ninja tool
       is at least version 1.10 (which has the required features).

   Swift Support
       New in version 3.15.


       The Swift support is  experimental,  not  considered  stable,  and  may
       change in future releases of CMake.

   See Also
       New in version 3.17: The Ninja Multi-Config generator is similar to the
       Ninja generator, but generates multiple configurations at once.


   Ninja Multi-Config
       New in version 3.17.


       Generates multiple build-<Config>.ninja files.

       This generator is very much like the Ninja generator, but with some key
       differences. Only these differences will be discussed in this document.

       Unlike  the Ninja generator, Ninja Multi-Config generates multiple con-
       figurations at once with CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES instead of only  one
       configuration with CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE. One build-<Config>.ninja file will
       be generated for each of these configurations (with <Config> being  the
       configuration  name.)  These files are intended to be run with ninja -f
       build-<Config>.ninja. A build.ninja file is also generated,  using  the
       configuration  from  either  CMAKE_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE or the first item
       from CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES.

       cmake --build . --config <Config> will always use  build-<Config>.ninja
       to  build.  If  no --config argument is specified, cmake --build . will
       use build.ninja.

       Each build-<Config>.ninja file contains <target>  targets  as  well  as
       <target>:<Config> targets, where <Config> is the same as the configura-
       tion specified in build-<Config>.ninja  Additionally,  if  cross-config
       mode  is  enabled, build-<Config>.ninja may contain <target>:<OtherCon-
       fig> targets, where <OtherConfig> is a cross-config, as well  as  <tar-
       get>:all,  which  builds the target in all cross-configs. See below for
       how to enable cross-config mode.

       The Ninja Multi-Config generator recognizes the following variables:

       CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES
              Specifies the total set of configurations to build. Unlike  with
              other  multi-config  generators,  this  variable  has a value of
              Debug;Release;RelWithDebInfo by default.

       CMAKE_CROSS_CONFIGS
              Specifies a semicolon-separated list of configurations available
              from all build-<Config>.ninja files.

       CMAKE_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE
              Specifies  the  configuration to use by default in a build.ninja
              file.

       CMAKE_DEFAULT_CONFIGS
              Specifies a semicolon-separated list of configurations to  build
              for a target in build.ninja if no :<Config> suffix is specified.

       Consider the following example:

          cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
          project(MultiConfigNinja C)

          add_executable(generator generator.c)
          add_custom_command(OUTPUT generated.c COMMAND generator generated.c)
          add_library(generated ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generated.c)

       Now  assume  you  configure the project with Ninja Multi-Config and run
       one of the following commands:

          ninja -f build-Debug.ninja generated
          # OR
          cmake --build . --config Debug --target generated

       This would build the Debug configuration of generator, which  would  be
       used  to  generate  generated.c, which would be used to build the Debug
       configuration of generated.

       But if CMAKE_CROSS_CONFIGS is set to all, and  you  run  the  following
       instead:

          ninja -f build-Release.ninja generated:Debug
          # OR
          cmake --build . --config Release --target generated:Debug

       This would build the Release configuration of generator, which would be
       used to generate generated.c, which would be used to  build  the  Debug
       configuration  of generated. This is useful for running a release-opti-
       mized version of a generator utility while  still  building  the  debug
       version of the targets built with the generated code.

   Custom Commands
       New in version 3.20.


       The  Ninja  Multi-Config  generator adds extra capabilities to add_cus-
       tom_command() and add_custom_target() through  its  cross-config  mode.
       The  COMMAND, DEPENDS, and WORKING_DIRECTORY arguments can be evaluated
       in the context of either the "command config" (the "native"  configura-
       tion  of  the  build-<Config>.ninja file in use) or the "output config"
       (the configuration used to evaluate the OUTPUT and BYPRODUCTS).

       If either OUTPUT or BYPRODUCTS names a path that is common to more than
       one configuration (e.g. it does not use any generator expressions), all
       arguments are evaluated in the command config by default.  If all  OUT-
       PUT  and  BYPRODUCTS  paths  are  unique to each configuration (e.g. by
       using the $<CONFIG> generator expression), the first argument  of  COM-
       MAND  is  still  evaluated  in the command config by default, while all
       subsequent arguments, as well as the arguments  to  DEPENDS  and  WORK-
       ING_DIRECTORY,  are  evaluated in the output config. These defaults can
       be overridden with the $<OUTPUT_CONFIG:...>  and  $<COMMAND_CONFIG:...>
       generator-expressions.  Note  that if a target is specified by its name
       in DEPENDS, or as the first argument of COMMAND, it is always evaluated
       in  the  command  config, even if it is wrapped in $<OUTPUT_CONFIG:...>
       (because its plain name is not a generator expression).

       As an example, consider the following:

          add_custom_command(
            OUTPUT "$<CONFIG>.txt"
            COMMAND generator "$<CONFIG>.txt" "$<OUTPUT_CONFIG:$<CONFIG>>" "$<COMMAND_CONFIG:$<CONFIG>>"
            DEPENDS tgt1 "$<TARGET_FILE:tgt2>" "$<OUTPUT_CONFIG:$<TARGET_FILE:tgt3>>" "$<COMMAND_CONFIG:$<TARGET_FILE:tgt4>>"
            )

       Assume that generator, tgt1, tgt2, tgt3, and tgt4  are  all  executable
       targets,  and  assume  that  $<CONFIG>.txt is built in the Debug output
       config using the Release command config. The Release build of the  gen-
       erator  target is called with Debug.txt Debug Release as arguments. The
       command depends on the Release builds of tgt1 and tgt4, and  the  Debug
       builds of tgt2 and tgt3.

       PRE_BUILD,  PRE_LINK,  and  POST_BUILD custom commands for targets only
       get run in their "native" configuration (the Release  configuration  in
       the  build-Release.ninja  file) unless they have no BYPRODUCTS or their
       BYPRODUCTS are unique per config. Consider the following example:

          add_executable(exe main.c)
          add_custom_command(
            TARGET exe
            POST_BUILD
            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "Running no-byproduct command"
            )
          add_custom_command(
            TARGET exe
            POST_BUILD
            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "Running separate-byproduct command for $<CONFIG>"
            BYPRODUCTS $<CONFIG>.txt
            )
          add_custom_command(
            TARGET exe
            POST_BUILD
            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "Running common-byproduct command for $<CONFIG>"
            BYPRODUCTS exe.txt
            )

       In this example, if you build  exe:Debug  in  build-Release.ninja,  the
       first  and  second  custom commands get run, since their byproducts are
       unique per-config, but the last custom command does  not.  However,  if
       you build exe:Release in build-Release.ninja, all three custom commands
       get run.

   IDE Build Tool Generators
       These  generators  support  Integrated  Development  Environment  (IDE)
       project  files.  Since the IDEs configure their own environment one may
       launch CMake from any environment.

   Visual Studio Generators
   Visual Studio 6
       Removed.  This once generated Visual Studio 6 project  files,  but  the
       generator  has  been  removed since CMake 3.6.  It is still possible to
       build with VS 6 tools using the NMake Makefiles generator.

   Visual Studio 7
       Removed.  This once generated Visual Studio .NET  2002  project  files,
       but the generator has been removed since CMake 3.6.  It is still possi-
       ble to build with VS 7.0 tools using the NMake Makefiles generator.

   Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003
       Removed.  This once generated Visual Studio .NET  2003  project  files,
       but the generator has been removed since CMake 3.9.  It is still possi-
       ble to build with VS 7.1 tools using the NMake Makefiles generator.

   Visual Studio 8 2005
       Removed.  This once generated Visual Studio 8 2005 project  files,  but
       the  generator has been removed since CMake 3.12.  It is still possible
       to build with VS 2005 tools using the NMake Makefiles generator.

   Visual Studio 9 2008
       Generates Visual Studio 9 2008 project files.

   Platform Selection
       The default target platform name (architecture) is Win32.

       New in version 3.1: The CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM variable may  be  set,
       perhaps  via  the cmake(1) -A option, to specify a target platform name
       (architecture).  For example:

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" -A Win32

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" -A x64

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" -A Itanium

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008"  -A  <WinCE-SDK>  (Specify  a  target
         platform matching a Windows CE SDK name.)


       For  compatibility  with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify a
       target platform name optionally at the end of the generator name.  This
       is supported only for:

       Visual Studio 9 2008 Win64
              Specify target platform x64.

       Visual Studio 9 2008 IA64
              Specify target platform Itanium.

       Visual Studio 9 2008 <WinCE-SDK>
              Specify target platform matching a Windows CE SDK name.

   Visual Studio 10 2010
       Generates Visual Studio 10 (VS 2010) project files.

       For  compatibility  with  CMake  versions prior to 3.0, one may specify
       this generator using the name Visual Studio 10 without the year  compo-
       nent.

   Project Types
       Only  Visual  C++  and  C#  projects may be generated (and Fortran with
       Intel compiler integration).  Other types of projects  (Database,  Web-
       site, etc.) are not supported.

   Platform Selection
       The default target platform name (architecture) is Win32.

       New  in  version 3.1: The CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM variable may be set,
       perhaps via the cmake(1) -A option, to specify a target  platform  name
       (architecture).  For example:

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 10 2010" -A Win32

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 10 2010" -A x64

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 10 2010" -A Itanium


       For  compatibility  with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify a
       target platform name optionally at the end of the generator name.  This
       is supported only for:

       Visual Studio 10 2010 Win64
              Specify target platform x64.

       Visual Studio 10 2010 IA64
              Specify target platform Itanium.

   Toolset Selection
       The  v100  toolset that comes with Visual Studio 10 2010 is selected by
       default.  The CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET option may be  set,  perhaps  via
       the cmake(1) -T option, to specify another toolset.

   Visual Studio 11 2012
       Generates Visual Studio 11 (VS 2012) project files.

       For  compatibility  with  CMake  versions prior to 3.0, one may specify
       this generator using the name "Visual Studio 11" without the year  com-
       ponent.

   Project Types
       Only  Visual  C++  and  C#  projects may be generated (and Fortran with
       Intel compiler integration).   Other  types  of  projects  (JavaScript,
       Database, Website, etc.) are not supported.

   Platform Selection
       The default target platform name (architecture) is Win32.

       New  in  version 3.1: The CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM variable may be set,
       perhaps via the cmake(1) -A option, to specify a target  platform  name
       (architecture).  For example:

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 11 2012" -A Win32

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 11 2012" -A x64

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 11 2012" -A ARM

       o cmake  -G  "Visual  Studio  11 2012" -A <WinCE-SDK> (Specify a target
         platform matching a Windows CE SDK name.)


       For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may  specify  a
       target platform name optionally at the end of the generator name.  This
       is supported only for:

       Visual Studio 11 2012 Win64
              Specify target platform x64.

       Visual Studio 11 2012 ARM
              Specify target platform ARM.

       Visual Studio 11 2012 <WinCE-SDK>
              Specify target platform matching a Windows CE SDK name.

   Toolset Selection
       The v110 toolset that comes with Visual Studio 11 2012 is  selected  by
       default.   The  CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET  option may be set, perhaps via
       the cmake(1) -T option, to specify another toolset.

   Visual Studio 12 2013
       Generates Visual Studio 12 (VS 2013) project files.

       For compatibility with CMake versions prior to  3.0,  one  may  specify
       this  generator using the name "Visual Studio 12" without the year com-
       ponent.

   Project Types
       Only Visual C++ and C# projects may  be  generated  (and  Fortran  with
       Intel compiler integration).  Other types of projects (JavaScript, Pow-
       ershell, Python, etc.) are not supported.

   Platform Selection
       The default target platform name (architecture) is Win32.

       New in version 3.1: The CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM variable may  be  set,
       perhaps  via  the cmake(1) -A option, to specify a target platform name
       (architecture).  For example:

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 12 2013" -A Win32

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 12 2013" -A x64

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 12 2013" -A ARM


       For compatibility with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may  specify  a
       target platform name optionally at the end of the generator name.  This
       is supported only for:

       Visual Studio 12 2013 Win64
              Specify target platform x64.

       Visual Studio 12 2013 ARM
              Specify target platform ARM.

   Toolset Selection
       The v120 toolset that comes with Visual Studio 12 2013 is  selected  by
       default.   The  CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET  option may be set, perhaps via
       the cmake(1) -T option, to specify another toolset.

       New in version 3.8: For each toolset that comes with  this  version  of
       Visual  Studio,  there  are  variants  that are themselves compiled for
       32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) hosts (independent  of  the  architecture
       they  target).   By default this generator uses the 32-bit variant even
       on a 64-bit host.  One may explicitly request use of either the  32-bit
       or  64-bit  host  tools  by  adding  either host=x86 or host=x64 to the
       toolset specification.  See the  CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET  variable  for
       details.


       New in version 3.14: Added support for host=x86 option.


   Visual Studio 14 2015
       New in version 3.1.


       Generates Visual Studio 14 (VS 2015) project files.

   Project Types
       Only  Visual  C++  and  C#  projects may be generated (and Fortran with
       Intel compiler integration).  Other types of projects (JavaScript, Pow-
       ershell, Python, etc.) are not supported.

   Platform Selection
       The default target platform name (architecture) is Win32.

       The  CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM  variable  may  be  set,  perhaps via the
       cmake(1) -A option, to specify a target platform  name  (architecture).
       For example:

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -A Win32

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -A x64

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -A ARM

       For  compatibility  with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify a
       target platform name optionally at the end of the generator name.  This
       is supported only for:

       Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64
              Specify target platform x64.

       Visual Studio 14 2015 ARM
              Specify target platform ARM.

   Toolset Selection
       The  v140  toolset that comes with Visual Studio 14 2015 is selected by
       default.  The CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET option may be  set,  perhaps  via
       the cmake(1) -T option, to specify another toolset.

       New  in  version  3.8: For each toolset that comes with this version of
       Visual Studio, there are variants  that  are  themselves  compiled  for
       32-bit  (x86)  and  64-bit (x64) hosts (independent of the architecture
       they target).  By default this generator uses the 32-bit  variant  even
       on  a 64-bit host.  One may explicitly request use of either the 32-bit
       or 64-bit host tools by adding  either  host=x86  or  host=x64  to  the
       toolset  specification.   See  the CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET variable for
       details.


       New in version 3.14: Added support for host=x86 option.


   Windows 10 SDK Maximum Version for VS 2015
       New in version 3.19.


       Microsoft stated in a "Windows 10 October 2018 Update" blog  post  that
       Windows  10 SDK versions (15063, 16299, 17134, 17763) are not supported
       by VS 2015 and are only supported by VS 2017 and later.   Therefore  by
       default   CMake   automatically   ignores   Windows   10   SDKs  beyond
       10.0.14393.0.

       However, there  are  other  recommendations  for  certain  driver/Win32
       builds  that  indicate otherwise.  A user can override this behavior by
       either setting the CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION_MAXIMUM  to
       a  false  value  or  setting  the CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VER-
       SION_MAXIMUM  to  the  string  value  of  the  required  maximum  (e.g.
       10.0.15063.0).

   Visual Studio 15 2017
       New in version 3.7.1.


       Generates Visual Studio 15 (VS 2017) project files.

   Project Types
       Only  Visual  C++  and  C#  projects may be generated (and Fortran with
       Intel compiler integration).  Other types of projects (JavaScript, Pow-
       ershell, Python, etc.) are not supported.

   Instance Selection
       New in version 3.9: VS 2017 supports multiple installations on the same
       machine.  The CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE variable may be set as  a  cache
       entry containing the absolute path to a Visual Studio instance.  If the
       value is not specified explicitly by the  user  or  a  toolchain  file,
       CMake  queries  the  Visual  Studio  Installer  to locate VS instances,
       chooses one, and sets the variable as a cache entry to hold  the  value
       persistently.


       New  in  version  3.11:  When  CMake  first chooses an instance, if the
       VS150COMNTOOLS environment variable is  set  and  points  to  the  Com-
       mon7/Tools directory within one of the instances, that instance will be
       used.  Otherwise, if more than one instance  is  installed  we  do  not
       define which one is chosen by default.


   Platform Selection
       The default target platform name (architecture) is Win32.

       The  CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM  variable  may  be  set,  perhaps via the
       cmake(1) -A option, to specify a target platform  name  (architecture).
       For example:

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -A Win32

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -A x64

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -A ARM

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -A ARM64

       For  compatibility  with CMake versions prior to 3.1, one may specify a
       target platform name optionally at the end of the generator name.  This
       is supported only for:

       Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64
              Specify target platform x64.

       Visual Studio 15 2017 ARM
              Specify target platform ARM.

   Toolset Selection
       The  v141  toolset that comes with Visual Studio 15 2017 is selected by
       default.  The CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET option may be  set,  perhaps  via
       the cmake(1) -T option, to specify another toolset.

       New  in  version  3.8: For each toolset that comes with this version of
       Visual Studio, there are variants  that  are  themselves  compiled  for
       32-bit  (x86)  and  64-bit (x64) hosts (independent of the architecture
       they target).  By default this generator uses the 32-bit  variant  even
       on  a 64-bit host.  One may explicitly request use of either the 32-bit
       or 64-bit host tools by adding  either  host=x86  or  host=x64  to  the
       toolset  specification.   See  the CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET variable for
       details.


       New in version 3.14: Added support for host=x86 option.


   Visual Studio 16 2019
       New in version 3.14.


       Generates Visual Studio 16 (VS 2019) project files.

   Project Types
       Only Visual C++ and C# projects may  be  generated  (and  Fortran  with
       Intel compiler integration).  Other types of projects (JavaScript, Pow-
       ershell, Python, etc.) are not supported.

   Instance Selection
       VS 2019 supports multiple  installations  on  the  same  machine.   The
       CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE  variable may be set as a cache entry contain-
       ing the absolute path to a Visual Studio instance.  If the value is not
       specified explicitly by the user or a toolchain file, CMake queries the
       Visual Studio Installer to locate VS instances, chooses one,  and  sets
       the variable as a cache entry to hold the value persistently.

       When CMake first chooses an instance, if the VS160COMNTOOLS environment
       variable is set and points to the Common7/Tools directory within one of
       the instances, that instance will be used.  Otherwise, if more than one
       instance is installed we do not define which one is chosen by default.

   Platform Selection
       The default target platform name (architecture) is that of the host and
       is provided in the CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME_DEFAULT variable.

       The  CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM  variable  may  be  set,  perhaps via the
       cmake(1) -A option, to specify a target platform  name  (architecture).
       For example:

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A Win32

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A ARM

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A ARM64

   Toolset Selection
       The  v142  toolset that comes with Visual Studio 16 2019 is selected by
       default.  The CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET option may be  set,  perhaps  via
       the cmake(1) -T option, to specify another toolset.

       For  each  toolset that comes with this version of Visual Studio, there
       are variants that are themselves compiled for 32-bit (x86)  and  64-bit
       (x64)  hosts (independent of the architecture they target).  By default
       this generator uses the 64-bit variant on  x64  hosts  and  the  32-bit
       variant otherwise.  One may explicitly request use of either the 32-bit
       or 64-bit host tools by adding  either  host=x86  or  host=x64  to  the
       toolset  specification.   See  the CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET variable for
       details.

   Visual Studio 17 2022
       New in version 3.21.


       Generates Visual Studio 17 (VS 2022) project files.

       WARNING:
          This is experimental and based on "Visual Studio 2022 Preview  1.1".
          As of this version of CMake, VS 2022 has not been released.

   Project Types
       Only  Visual  C++  and  C#  projects may be generated (and Fortran with
       Intel compiler integration).  Other types of projects (JavaScript, Pow-
       ershell, Python, etc.) are not supported.

   Instance Selection
       VS  2022  supports  multiple  installations  on  the same machine.  The
       CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE variable may be set as a cache entry  contain-
       ing the absolute path to a Visual Studio instance.  If the value is not
       specified explicitly by the user or a toolchain file, CMake queries the
       Visual  Studio  Installer to locate VS instances, chooses one, and sets
       the variable as a cache entry to hold the value persistently.

       When CMake first chooses an instance, if the VS170COMNTOOLS environment
       variable is set and points to the Common7/Tools directory within one of
       the instances, that instance will be used.  Otherwise, if more than one
       instance is installed we do not define which one is chosen by default.

   Platform Selection
       The default target platform name (architecture) is that of the host and
       is provided in the CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME_DEFAULT variable.

       The CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM variable  may  be  set,  perhaps  via  the
       cmake(1)  -A  option, to specify a target platform name (architecture).
       For example:

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A Win32

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A ARM

       o cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A ARM64

   Toolset Selection
       The v142 toolset that comes with VS 17 2022 Preview 1.1 is selected  by
       default.   The  CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET  option may be set, perhaps via
       the cmake(1) -T option, to specify another toolset.

       For each toolset that comes with this version of Visual  Studio,  there
       are  variants  that are themselves compiled for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit
       (x64) hosts (independent of the architecture they target).  By  default
       this  generator  uses  the  64-bit  variant on x64 hosts and the 32-bit
       variant otherwise.  One may explicitly request use of either the 32-bit
       or  64-bit  host  tools  by  adding  either host=x86 or host=x64 to the
       toolset specification.  See the  CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET  variable  for
       details.

   Other Generators
   Green Hills MULTI
       New in version 3.3.


       New in version 3.15: Linux support.


       Generates    Green    Hills    MULTI   project   files   (experimental,
       work-in-progress).

       Customizations are available through the following cache variables:

       o GHS_CUSTOMIZATION

       o GHS_GPJ_MACROS

       New in version 3.14: The buildsystem has predetermined build-configura-
       tion settings that can be controlled via the CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE variable.


   Toolset and Platform Selection
       New in version 3.13.


       Customizations that are used to pick toolset and target system:

       o The  -A  <arch>  can be supplied for setting the target architecture.
         <arch> usually is one of arm,  ppc,  86,  etcetera.   If  the  target
         architecture  is  not  specified then the default architecture of arm
         will be used.

       o The -T <toolset> option can be used to set the directory location  of
         the  toolset.   Both  absolute and relative paths are valid. Relative
         paths use GHS_TOOLSET_ROOT as the root. If the toolset is not  speci-
         fied then the latest toolset found in GHS_TOOLSET_ROOT will be used.

       Cache  variables that are used for toolset and target system customiza-
       tion:

       o GHS_TARGET_PLATFORM
         Defaults to integrity.
         Usual values are integrity, threadx, uvelosity, velosity,
         vxworks, standalone.


       o GHS_PRIMARY_TARGET
         Sets primaryTarget entry in project file.
         Defaults to <arch>_<GHS_TARGET_PLATFORM>.tgt.


       o GHS_TOOLSET_ROOT
         Root path for toolset searches.
         Defaults to C:/ghs in Windows or /usr/ghs in Linux.


       o GHS_OS_ROOT
         Root path for RTOS searches.
         Defaults to C:/ghs in Windows or /usr/ghs in Linux.


       o GHS_OS_DIR and GHS_OS_DIR_OPTION
         Sets -os_dir entry in project file.
         Defaults to latest platform OS installation at GHS_OS_ROOT.  Set this value if
         a specific RTOS is to be used.
         GHS_OS_DIR_OPTION default value is -os_dir.


         New in version 3.15: The GHS_OS_DIR_OPTION variable.


       o GHS_BSP_NAME
         Sets -bsp entry in project file.
         Defaults to sim<arch> for integrity platforms.


   Target Properties
       New in version 3.14.


       The following properties are available:

       o GHS_INTEGRITY_APP

       o GHS_NO_SOURCE_GROUP_FILE

       NOTE:
          This generator is deemed experimental as  of  CMake  3.21.0  and  is
          still  a work in progress.  Future versions of CMake may make break-
          ing changes as the generator matures.

   Xcode
       Generate Xcode project files.

       Changed in version 3.15: This generator supports Xcode 5.0 and above.


   Toolset and Build System Selection
       By default Xcode is allowed to select its own default  toolchain.   The
       CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET  option may be set, perhaps via the cmake(1) -T
       option, to specify another toolset.

       New in version 3.19:  This  generator  supports  toolset  specification
       using one of these forms:


       o toolset

       o toolset[,key=value]*

       o key=value[,key=value]*

       The  toolset  specifies the toolset name.  The selected toolset name is
       provided in the CMAKE_XCODE_PLATFORM_TOOLSET variable.

       The key=value pairs form a comma-separated list of options  to  specify
       generator-specific  details  of the toolset selection.  Supported pairs
       are:

       buildsystem=<variant>
              Specify   the   buildsystem   variant   to   use.     See    the
              CMAKE_XCODE_BUILD_SYSTEM variable for allowed values.

              For example, to select the original build system under Xcode 12,
              run cmake(1) with the option -T buildsystem=1.

   Swift Support
       New in version 3.4.


       When using the Xcode generator with Xcode 6.1 or higher, one may enable
       the Swift language with the enable_language() command or the project().

EXTRA GENERATORS
       Some  of  the CMake Generators listed in the cmake(1) command-line tool
       --help output may have variants that specify an extra generator for  an
       auxiliary  IDE tool.  Such generator names have the form <extra-genera-
       tor> - <main-generator>.  The following extra generators are  known  to
       CMake.

   CodeBlocks
       Generates CodeBlocks project files.

       Project  files  for CodeBlocks will be created in the top directory and
       in every subdirectory which features a CMakeLists.txt file containing a
       project()  call.   Additionally  a  hierarchy of makefiles is generated
       into the build tree.   The  appropriate  make  program  can  build  the
       project through the default all target.  An install target is also pro-
       vided.

       New in version 3.10: The CMAKE_CODEBLOCKS_EXCLUDE_EXTERNAL_FILES  vari-
       able may be set to ON to exclude any files which are located outside of
       the project root directory.


       This "extra" generator may be specified as:

       CodeBlocks - MinGW Makefiles
              Generate with MinGW Makefiles.

       CodeBlocks - NMake Makefiles
              Generate with NMake Makefiles.

       CodeBlocks - NMake Makefiles JOM
              New in version 3.8: Generate with NMake Makefiles JOM.


       CodeBlocks - Ninja
              Generate with Ninja.

       CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles
              Generate with Unix Makefiles.

   CodeLite
       Generates CodeLite project files.

       Project files for CodeLite will be created in the top directory and  in
       every  subdirectory  which  features a CMakeLists.txt file containing a
       project() call.  The appropriate make program  can  build  the  project
       through the default all target.  An install target is also provided.

       New  in version 3.7: The CMAKE_CODELITE_USE_TARGETS variable may be set
       to ON to change the default behavior from projects to  targets  as  the
       basis for project files.


       This "extra" generator may be specified as:

       CodeLite - MinGW Makefiles
              Generate with MinGW Makefiles.

       CodeLite - NMake Makefiles
              Generate with NMake Makefiles.

       CodeLite - Ninja
              Generate with Ninja.

       CodeLite - Unix Makefiles
              Generate with Unix Makefiles.

   Eclipse CDT4
       Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files.

       Project files for Eclipse will be created in the top directory.  In out
       of source builds, a linked resource to the top level  source  directory
       will  be  created.   Additionally a hierarchy of makefiles is generated
       into the build tree.   The  appropriate  make  program  can  build  the
       project through the default all target.  An install target is also pro-
       vided.

       This "extra" generator may be specified as:

       Eclipse CDT4 - MinGW Makefiles
              Generate with MinGW Makefiles.

       Eclipse CDT4 - NMake Makefiles
              Generate with NMake Makefiles.

       Eclipse CDT4 - Ninja
              Generate with Ninja.

       Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles
              Generate with Unix Makefiles.

   Kate
       Generates Kate project files.

       A project file for Kate will be created in the top directory in the top
       level  build  directory.  To use it in Kate, the Project plugin must be
       enabled.  The project file is loaded in Kate by  opening  the  Project-
       Name.kateproject  file  in  the  editor.   If  the Kate Build-plugin is
       enabled, all targets generated by CMake are available for building.

       This "extra" generator may be specified as:

       Kate - MinGW Makefiles
              Generate with MinGW Makefiles.

       Kate - NMake Makefiles
              Generate with NMake Makefiles.

       Kate - Ninja
              Generate with Ninja.

       Kate - Unix Makefiles
              Generate with Unix Makefiles.

   Sublime Text 2
       Generates Sublime Text 2 project files.

       Project files for Sublime Text 2 will be created in the  top  directory
       and in every subdirectory which features a CMakeLists.txt file contain-
       ing a project() call.  Additionally Makefiles  (or  build.ninja  files)
       are  generated  into  the build tree.  The appropriate make program can
       build the project through the default all target.  An install target is
       also provided.

       This "extra" generator may be specified as:

       Sublime Text 2 - MinGW Makefiles
              Generate with MinGW Makefiles.

       Sublime Text 2 - NMake Makefiles
              Generate with NMake Makefiles.

       Sublime Text 2 - Ninja
              Generate with Ninja.

       Sublime Text 2 - Unix Makefiles
              Generate with Unix Makefiles.

COPYRIGHT
       2000-2021 Kitware, Inc. and Contributors



ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |   ATTRIBUTE VALUE     |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Availability   | developer/build/cmake |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted           |
       +---------------+-----------------------+

NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source                was                downloaded                from
       http://www.cmake.org/files/v3.21/cmake-3.21.0.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.cmake.org/.



3.21.0                           Jun 27, 2022              CMAKE-GENERATORS(7)