provides numerous CMake options for changing the behavior and configuration of packages built with CMake. These options allow the developer to enable/disable certain settings by defining these options to ON/OFF or a string value at the CMake execution.
Warning
These options are only for advanced developers who installed from sources.
| Option | Description | Possible values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE |
CMake optimization build type. | Release Debug |
Release |
BUILD_ALL |
Build all sub-packages. Setting to ON sets to ON BUILD_TOOL, BUILD_LIBRARY, and BUILD_DOCS. |
OFF ON |
OFF |
BUILD_LIBRARY |
Build the libraries sub-packages. It is set to ON if BUILD_ALL is set to ON. |
OFF ON |
ON |
BUILD_TOOL |
Build the tools sub-packages. It is set to ON if BUILD_ALL is set to ON. |
OFF ON |
ON |
BUILD_DOCS |
Build the documentation sub-packages. It is set to ON if BUILD_ALL is set to ON. |
OFF ON |
OFF |
BUILD_TESTS |
Build the application and documentation tests. Setting BUILD_TESTS to ON sets BUILD_ALL, BUILD_LIBRARY_TESTS, BUILD_TOOL_TESTS, and BUILD_DOCS_TESTS to ON. |
OFF ON |
OFF |
BUILD_LIBRARY_TESTS |
Build the library tests. It is set to ON if BUILD_TESTS is set to ON. |
OFF ON |
OFF |
BUILD_TOOL_TESTS |
Build the application tests. It is set to ON if BUILD_TESTS is set to ON. |
OFF ON |
OFF |
BUILD_DOCS_TESTS |
Build the documentation tests. It is set to ON if BUILD_TESTS is set to ON. |
OFF ON |
OFF |
BUILD_MANUAL_TESTS |
Build the manual tests only if BUILD_TESTS is set to ON. |
OFF ON |
OFF |
LOG_INFO |
Activate execution logs. It is set to ON if CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is set to Debug. |
OFF ON |
ON if Debug OFF otherwise |
ASAN_BUILD |
Activate address sanitizer build. | OFF ON |
OFF |
TSAN_BUILD |
Activate thread sanitizer build. | OFF ON |
OFF |