cmake-variables.7.rst
.. cmake-manual-description: CMake Variables Reference
cmake-variables(7)
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Variables that Provide Information
==================================
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:maxdepth: 1
/variable/CMAKE_ARGC
/variable/CMAKE_ARGV0
/variable/CMAKE_AR
/variable/CMAKE_BINARY_DIR
/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL
/variable/CMAKE_CACHEFILE_DIR
/variable/CMAKE_CACHE_MAJOR_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_CACHE_MINOR_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_CACHE_PATCH_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR
/variable/CMAKE_COMMAND
/variable/CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING
/variable/CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND
/variable/CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR
/variable/CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR
/variable/CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE
/variable/CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_LINE
/variable/CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR
/variable/CMAKE_DL_LIBS
/variable/CMAKE_EDIT_COMMAND
/variable/CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX
/variable/CMAKE_EXTRA_GENERATOR
/variable/CMAKE_EXTRA_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES
/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR
/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM
/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET
/variable/CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY
/variable/CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_PREFIX
/variable/CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_SUFFIX
/variable/CMAKE_JOB_POOL_COMPILE
/variable/CMAKE_JOB_POOL_LINK
/variable/CMAKE_LINK_LIBRARY_SUFFIX
/variable/CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM
/variable/CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_PARENT_LIST_FILE
/variable/CMAKE_PATCH_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME
/variable/CMAKE_RANLIB
/variable/CMAKE_ROOT
/variable/CMAKE_SCRIPT_MODE_FILE
/variable/CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX
/variable/CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX
/variable/CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_PREFIX
/variable/CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_SUFFIX
/variable/CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P
/variable/CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RULES
/variable/CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH
/variable/CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR
/variable/CMAKE_STANDARD_LIBRARIES
/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX
/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX
/variable/CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
/variable/CMAKE_TWEAK_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE
/variable/CMAKE_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND
/variable/CMAKE_VS_INTEL_Fortran_PROJECT_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_VS_MSBUILD_COMMAND
/variable/CMAKE_VS_MSDEV_COMMAND
/variable/CMAKE_VS_NsightTegra_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME
/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET
/variable/CMAKE_XCODE_PLATFORM_TOOLSET
/variable/PROJECT_BINARY_DIR
/variable/PROJECT-NAME_BINARY_DIR
/variable/PROJECT_NAME
/variable/PROJECT-NAME_SOURCE_DIR
/variable/PROJECT-NAME_VERSION
/variable/PROJECT-NAME_VERSION_MAJOR
/variable/PROJECT-NAME_VERSION_MINOR
/variable/PROJECT-NAME_VERSION_PATCH
/variable/PROJECT-NAME_VERSION_TWEAK
/variable/PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR
/variable/PROJECT_VERSION
/variable/PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR
/variable/PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR
/variable/PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH
/variable/PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK
Variables that Change Behavior
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.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
/variable/BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
/variable/CMAKE_ABSOLUTE_DESTINATION_FILES
/variable/CMAKE_APPBUNDLE_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE
/variable/CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY
/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
/variable/CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE
/variable/CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES
/variable/CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES
/variable/CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_PackageName
/variable/CMAKE_ERROR_DEPRECATED
/variable/CMAKE_ERROR_ON_ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_DESTINATION
/variable/CMAKE_EXPORT_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY
/variable/CMAKE_SYSROOT
/variable/CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES
/variable/CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES
/variable/CMAKE_FIND_NO_INSTALL_PREFIX
/variable/CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY
/variable/CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY
/variable/CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_WARN_NO_MODULE
/variable/CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE
/variable/CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY
/variable/CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PACKAGE
/variable/CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM
/variable/CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_IGNORE_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES_BEFORE
/variable/CMAKE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES_PROJECT_BEFORE
/variable/CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_COMPONENT_NAME
/variable/CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE
/variable/CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX
/variable/CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_MFC_FLAG
/variable/CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_NOT_USING_CONFIG_FLAGS
/variable/CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMPNNNN
/variable/CMAKE_POLICY_WARNING_CMPNNNN
/variable/CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_PROJECT_PROJECT-NAME_INCLUDE
/variable/CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_ALL_DEPENDENCY
/variable/CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX
/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_IGNORE_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROGRAM_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE
/variable/CMAKE_WARN_DEPRECATED
/variable/CMAKE_WARN_ON_ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_DESTINATION
Variables that Describe the System
==================================
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
/variable/APPLE
/variable/BORLAND
/variable/CMAKE_CL_64
/variable/CMAKE_COMPILER_2005
/variable/CMAKE_HOST_APPLE
/variable/CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME
/variable/CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR
/variable/CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM
/variable/CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_HOST_UNIX
/variable/CMAKE_HOST_WIN32
/variable/CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE_REGEX
/variable/CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE
/variable/CMAKE_OBJECT_PATH_MAX
/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME
/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR
/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM
/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION
/variable/CYGWIN
/variable/ENV
/variable/MSVC10
/variable/MSVC11
/variable/MSVC12
/variable/MSVC14
/variable/MSVC60
/variable/MSVC70
/variable/MSVC71
/variable/MSVC80
/variable/MSVC90
/variable/MSVC_IDE
/variable/MSVC
/variable/MSVC_VERSION
/variable/UNIX
/variable/WIN32
/variable/WINCE
/variable/WINDOWS_PHONE
/variable/WINDOWS_STORE
/variable/XCODE_VERSION
Variables that Control the Build
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.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
/variable/CMAKE_ANDROID_API
/variable/CMAKE_ANDROID_GUI
/variable/CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
/variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS
/variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC
/variable/CMAKE_AUTORCC
/variable/CMAKE_AUTORCC_OPTIONS
/variable/CMAKE_AUTOUIC
/variable/CMAKE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS
/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH
/variable/CMAKE_COMPILE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
/variable/CMAKE_COMPILE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_CONFIG
/variable/CMAKE_CONFIG_POSTFIX
/variable/CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX
/variable/CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_CONFIG
/variable/CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS
/variable/CMAKE_Fortran_FORMAT
/variable/CMAKE_Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY
/variable/CMAKE_GNUtoMS
/variable/CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR_IN_INTERFACE
/variable/CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR
/variable/CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR
/variable/CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH
/variable/CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_VISIBILITY_PRESET
/variable/CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
/variable/CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH_FLAG
/variable/CMAKE_LINK_DEF_FILE_FLAG
/variable/CMAKE_LINK_DEPENDS_NO_SHARED
/variable/CMAKE_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES
/variable/CMAKE_LINK_LIBRARY_FILE_FLAG
/variable/CMAKE_LINK_LIBRARY_FLAG
/variable/CMAKE_MACOSX_BUNDLE
/variable/CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH
/variable/CMAKE_MAP_IMPORTED_CONFIG_CONFIG
/variable/CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_CONFIG
/variable/CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS
/variable/CMAKE_NO_BUILTIN_CHRPATH
/variable/CMAKE_NO_SYSTEM_FROM_IMPORTED
/variable/CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES
/variable/CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
/variable/CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT
/variable/CMAKE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
/variable/CMAKE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_CONFIG
/variable/CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE
/variable/CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
/variable/CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_CONFIG
/variable/CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS
/variable/CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH
/variable/CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH
/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_CONFIG
/variable/CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS
/variable/CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION
/variable/CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS
/variable/CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN
/variable/CMAKE_WIN32_EXECUTABLE
/variable/CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_an-attribute
/variable/EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH
/variable/LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH
Variables for Languages
=======================
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
/variable/CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNULANG
/variable/CMAKE_C_COMPILE_FEATURES
/variable/CMAKE_C_EXTENSIONS
/variable/CMAKE_C_STANDARD
/variable/CMAKE_C_STANDARD_REQUIRED
/variable/CMAKE_CXX_COMPILE_FEATURES
/variable/CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS
/variable/CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD
/variable/CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED
/variable/CMAKE_Fortran_MODDIR_DEFAULT
/variable/CMAKE_Fortran_MODDIR_FLAG
/variable/CMAKE_Fortran_MODOUT_FLAG
/variable/CMAKE_INTERNAL_PLATFORM_ABI
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_ARCHIVE_APPEND
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_ARCHIVE_CREATE
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_ARCHIVE_FINISH
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILE_OBJECT
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_ABI
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_ID
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_LOADED
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_TARGET
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_SHARED_MODULE
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_STATIC_LIBRARY
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_DEBUG
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELEASE
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_FLAGS
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_IGNORE_EXTENSIONS
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_IMPLICIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_IMPLICIT_LINK_FRAMEWORK_DIRECTORIES
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_LINKER_PREFERENCE_PROPAGATES
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_LINKER_PREFERENCE
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_LINK_EXECUTABLE
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_OUTPUT_EXTENSION
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_PLATFORM_ID
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_SIMULATE_ID
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_SIMULATE_VERSION
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_SIZEOF_DATA_PTR
/variable/CMAKE_LANG_SOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS
/variable/CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE_LANG
Variables for CTest
===================
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
/variable/CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY
/variable/CTEST_BUILD_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_BUILD_NAME
/variable/CTEST_BZR_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_BZR_UPDATE_OPTIONS
/variable/CTEST_CHECKOUT_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_CONFIGURATION_TYPE
/variable/CTEST_CONFIGURE_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_COVERAGE_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_COVERAGE_EXTRA_FLAGS
/variable/CTEST_CURL_OPTIONS
/variable/CTEST_CVS_CHECKOUT
/variable/CTEST_CVS_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_CVS_UPDATE_OPTIONS
/variable/CTEST_DROP_LOCATION
/variable/CTEST_DROP_METHOD
/variable/CTEST_DROP_SITE
/variable/CTEST_DROP_SITE_CDASH
/variable/CTEST_DROP_SITE_PASSWORD
/variable/CTEST_DROP_SITE_USER
/variable/CTEST_GIT_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_GIT_UPDATE_CUSTOM
/variable/CTEST_GIT_UPDATE_OPTIONS
/variable/CTEST_HG_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_HG_UPDATE_OPTIONS
/variable/CTEST_MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND_OPTIONS
/variable/CTEST_MEMORYCHECK_SANITIZER_OPTIONS
/variable/CTEST_MEMORYCHECK_SUPPRESSIONS_FILE
/variable/CTEST_MEMORYCHECK_TYPE
/variable/CTEST_NIGHTLY_START_TIME
/variable/CTEST_P4_CLIENT
/variable/CTEST_P4_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_P4_OPTIONS
/variable/CTEST_P4_UPDATE_OPTIONS
/variable/CTEST_SCP_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_SITE
/variable/CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY
/variable/CTEST_SVN_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_SVN_OPTIONS
/variable/CTEST_SVN_UPDATE_OPTIONS
/variable/CTEST_TEST_TIMEOUT
/variable/CTEST_TRIGGER_SITE
/variable/CTEST_UPDATE_COMMAND
/variable/CTEST_UPDATE_OPTIONS
/variable/CTEST_UPDATE_VERSION_ONLY
/variable/CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS
Variables for CPack
===================
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
/variable/CPACK_ABSOLUTE_DESTINATION_FILES
/variable/CPACK_COMPONENT_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY
/variable/CPACK_ERROR_ON_ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_DESTINATION
/variable/CPACK_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY
/variable/CPACK_INSTALL_SCRIPT
/variable/CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX
/variable/CPACK_SET_DESTDIR
/variable/CPACK_WARN_ON_ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_DESTINATION
