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+.. _cmake-primer:
+
+************
+CMake primer
+************
+
+This chapter will is a basic introduction to CMake, the build system
+used by PyQtB and the binding generator.
+
+The practical steps will be focusing in using cmake in 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. Is is very useful
+  when using CMake with icecc to speedup compilation.
+
+You can define a variable using the ``-D<VARIABLE>`` switch.
+
+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.