.. cmake-manual-description: CMake GUI Command-Line Reference

cmake-gui(1)
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Synopsis
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.. parsed-literal::

 cmake-gui [<options>]
 cmake-gui [<options>] {<path-to-source> | <path-to-existing-build>}
 cmake-gui [<options>] -S <path-to-source> -B <path-to-build>
 cmake-gui [<options>] -S <path-to-source> --preset=<preset-name>

Description
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The **cmake-gui** executable is the CMake GUI.  Project configuration
settings may be specified interactively.  Brief instructions are
provided at the bottom of the window when the program is running.

CMake is a cross-platform build system generator.  Projects specify
their build process with platform-independent CMake listfiles included
in each directory of a source tree with the name ``CMakeLists.txt``.
Users build a project by using CMake to generate a build system for a
native tool on their platform.

Options
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``-S <path-to-source>``
 Path to root directory of the CMake project to build.

``-B <path-to-build>``
 Path to directory which CMake will use as the root of build directory.

 If the directory doesn't already exist CMake will make it.

``--preset=<preset-name>``
 Name of the preset to use from the project's ``CMakePresets.json`` file, if it
 has one.

.. include:: OPTIONS_HELP.txt

See Also
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.. include:: LINKS.txt