// Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd. // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only //! [cli-build-cmake] \section1 Building and Running from the Command Line To build an example application from the command line, create a build directory for it. Switch to the build directory and run \c qt-cmake to configure your project for building. If the project is configured successfully, the generated files enable you to build the project. \badcode md cd \bin\qt-cmake -GNinja \endcode The commands create an executable in the build directory. The \c CMake tool reads the project file and produces instructions for how to build the application. The generator then uses the instructions to produce the executable binary. For example, to build the Notepad example on Windows, when using Ninja as the generator, enter the following commands: \badcode \QtVersion md notepad-build cd notepad-build C:\Qt\\1\msvc2019_64\bin\qt-cmake -GNinja C:\Examples\notepad ninja \endcode If you do not use Ninja as the generator, use the generator-independent CMake command to build the application instead of \c ninja: \badcode cmake --build \endcode //! [cli-build-cmake]