Build with CMake

CMake is a tool to simplify the build process for development projects across different platforms. CMake automatically generates build systems, such as Makefiles and Visual Studio project files.

CMake is a 3rd party tool with its own documentation. This topic describes how to use CMake 3.1.0 with Qt 5.

Table of Contents

• Get started with CMake
  • Build a GUI executable
  • Imported library targets
• CMake Variable Reference
  • Module variables
  • Installation variables
• CMake Command Reference
  • Qt5::Core
  • Qt5::Widgets
  • Qt5::DBus
  • Qt5::LinguistTools