How to define initial build options with CMakeLists.txt

cube45

Hi,
I have a project using CMakeLists.txt that I've been historically building from the CLI, and I wanted to switch to QtCreator.

I want all my cmake projects to build under build/Windows.x64 and to install all the exe files in bin/Windows.x64. For that, I was using cd build/Windows.x64 && cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\Path\To\MyProject\bin\Windows.x64 ../.. to configure that.

Now, with QtCreator, I can define the build destination by using the GUI, and I will likely be able to pass CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX in the same way. However, these settings will be saved in my CMakeLists.txt.user, which I'm not supposed to commit, if I understand correctly.

Is there a way to configure these options and commit them, so that my coworker has nothing to configure to get up and running with QtCreator?

Christian Ehrlicher

No, and I don't see a reason why someone should tell me where and how I should name my build directory.

cube45

@Christian-Ehrlicher Thanks for your reply. Coming from plain CMake and being able to define the folder structure was very flexible, and allowed me to define a common structure for the company, in order to automate stuffs (I need the compiled binaries elsewhere in the solution).
I guess the philosophy of QtCreator is more like "I use the folder that I want, stick with it", and I should adapt my build system to those folders...

Christian Ehrlicher

@cube45 said in How to define initial build options with CMakeLists.txt:

in order to automate stuffs (I need the compiled binaries elsewhere in the solution).

Using binaries from build dirs is no good idea.

cube45

Using binaries from build dirs is no good idea.

How do you publish your app then?
I've always taken my exe that were compiled in my install prefix, but I can't specify that either without playing with the QtCreator UI

Christian Ehrlicher

@cube45 said in How to define initial build options with CMakeLists.txt:

How do you publish your app then?

'make install' is your friend.