This readme explains the most common parameters to CMake needed for building tmw. Basic syntax ------------ cmake [options] If you don't need any special options just change to the directory where you extracted the sources and do `cmake . && make' The syntax for setting variables to control CMakes behaviour is -D = How do I... ----------- - Use a custom install prefix (like --prefix on autoconf)? CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/prefix - Create a debug build? CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug . - Add additional package search directories? CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/prefix/path - Add additional include search directories? CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=/include/path For example, to build tmw to install in /opt/tmw, with libraries in /build/tmw/lib, and SDL-headers in /build/tmw/include/SDL you'd use the following command: cmake -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/build/tmw \ -D CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=/build/tmw/include/SDL \ -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/tmw . Crosscompiling using CMake -------------------------- The following example assumes you're doing a Windows-build from within a UNIX environement, using mingw32 installed in /build/mingw32. - create a toolchain-file describing your environement: $ cat /build/toolchain.cmake # the name of the target operating system SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Windows) # which compilers to use for C and C++ SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER i386-mingw32-gcc) SET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER i386-mingw32-g++) # here is the target environment located SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH /build/mingw32 /build/tmw-libs ) # adjust the default behaviour of the FIND_XXX() commands: # search headers and libraries in the target environment, search # programs in the host environment set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER) set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY) set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY) - set your PATH to include the bin-directory of your mingw32-installation: $ export PATH=/build/mingw32/bin:$PATH - configure the source tree for the build, using the toolchain file: $ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/build/toolchain.cmake . - use make for building the application