[cdt-dev] Re: [CMake] Generating makefile from Visual Studio Project (Mi

[Jesper Eskilson <jesper@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Olumide wrote:
> Jesper Eskilson wrote:
> > > Also would you please tell me how I can output a makefile (is that 
> > > what I need?) with which I can migrate my visual studio project to 
> > > eclipse? I've run "cmake CMakeLists.txt" (CMakeLists.txt is the 
> > > output of your script) but I cannot find a makefile in any of the 
> > > files or directories generated as a result :( .
> >
> > Try
> >
> > $ cmake [path-to-src-dir]
> >
> > i.e., the argument to cmake is the directory containing the 
> > CMakeLists.txt, not the file itself.
>
> Thanks. (BTW, the result is pretty much the same as running CMake 
> CMakeLists.txt). As before, my directory contains several files such as, 
> TestTexturePlugin.vcproj.cmake, ALL_BUILD.vcproj.cmake. I'm not sure 
> what I ought to do with these files. I was expecting to find 
> traditional/UNIX style makefiles.

When experimenting like this, use a build directory different from your 
source tree, like this:

$ cd c:/build
$ cmake c:/my-source-tree -G "NMake Makefiles"

That way CMake won't touch your source tree, and you can easily wipe 
c:/build if you want to start over.

CMake defaults to generating studio project files on Windows, not 
makefiles. In order to generate makefiles, do

cmake . -G "NMake Makefiles"

Make sure that you have your Studio environment setup properly. Use the 
Visual Studio command prompt if you're unsure.

If you try to use MinGW Makefiles you must explicitly tell CMake to use 
"cl" instead of "gcc". I think setting the CC and CXX environment 
variables will do the trick.

--
/Jesper