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Structure

.
├── CMakeLists.txt
├── app
│   └── main.cpp  # Application source code.    
├── include
│   ├── example.h # Library header file.
├── src
    └── example.cpp # Library source code.

Sources go in src/, header files in include/, main programs in app/.

If you add a new executable, say app/hello.cpp, you only need to add the following two lines to CMakeLists.txt:

add_executable(main app/main.cpp)   # Name of exec. and location of file.
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE ${LIBRARY_NAME})  # Link the executable to lib built from src/*.cpp (if it uses it).

Building

Build by making a build directory (i.e. build/), run cmake in that dir, and then use make to build the desired target.

Example:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make
./main

Setup

Dependencies

• CMake
• C++ Compiler: g++, clang or msvc

In ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake

Visual Studio Code

Install the following extensions:

• C/C++
• CMake Tools