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author | Luciano Wolf <luciano.wolf@openbossa.org> | 2010-10-08 15:58:28 -0300 |
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committer | Luciano Wolf <luciano.wolf@openbossa.org> | 2010-10-11 10:11:00 -0300 |
commit | 75321b8149ec5cfb69c4b758976b5a11ff22083b (patch) | |
tree | c46d065c4d75b40ce670c0fe274128f00f5b9ea3 /doc/compiling/cmake-primer.rst | |
parent | e0eb744489cfe4914bef235880f8219984d7d43d (diff) |
Updating documentation to reflect adoption of wikipages.sb-0.6.2
Reviewer: Renato Araújo <renato.filho@openbossa.org>
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diff --git a/doc/compiling/cmake-primer.rst b/doc/compiling/cmake-primer.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 499b8433a..000000000 --- a/doc/compiling/cmake-primer.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ - -.. _cmake-primer: - -************ -CMake primer -************ - -This chapter is a basic introduction to CMake, the build system used by PySide -and the binding generator runner. - -The practical steps will focus on how to use cmake on a Unix-like (GNU/Linux) -environment. - - -Configuring -=========== - -Project file - CMakeLists.txt ------------------------------ - -CMake parses the file CMakeLists.txt for information about the project, -like project name, dependencies, what should be compiled, what should be -shipped. - - -CMake variables ---------------- - -CMake can have its default behavior modified by providing some - -* ``CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<some path here>`` sets the install prefix to - the specified path. -* ``CMAKE_MODULE_PATH=<some path here>`` sets the extra directories - where CMake will try to find its modules. -* ``CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=<file path>`` sets the path to the file that - describes the toolchain used to compile this project. It is very useful - when using CMake with icecc to speedup compilation. - -You can define a variable using the ``-D<VARIABLE>`` switch like the example -below. - -* ``-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release|Debug`` sets the building behavior. Default - value is *Release*. - -Invoking CMake --------------- - -After writing the CMakeLists.txt and deciding which flags will be used, -you can invoke CMake using:: - - cmake <CMake flags> <path to toplevel CMakeLists.txt file> - -For example, if you use the ``build/`` folder to build the project and -want it to be installed into ``/opt/sandbox/``, use the following lines:: - - cd build/ - cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/sandbox .. - -CMake will process the project file and write the output files in the -current directory - -Building -======== - -After the configuration process, the Makefiles are written and you can build -the project using :program:`make`. - -Installing -========== - -As in the building process, ``make install`` will install the files into -the target directory. |