Using CMake

CMake file must be called CMakeLists.txt. Casing must match.

Useful Commands

Running CMake

cmake -S . -B ./out/build

Running Make

make -C ./out/build

Git submodules

git submodule add <repo path> ./external/folder-name

Sync submodule to tag

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1777854/how-can-i-specify-a-branch-tag-when-adding-a-git-submodule

cd submodule_directory
git checkout v1.0
cd ..
git add submodule_directory
git commit -m "moved submodule to v1.0"
git push

Pull submodules

git submodule update --init --recursive

Build Package

Have to run cpack from the build folder. If you use the CMake extension in VSCode, it will automatically rebuild for you on any change.

For the find_library() tutorial

You need to install glew dev

sudo apt install libglew-dev

Building poppler

You need to install some stuff

For linux

apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends build-essential cmake ninja-build libjpeg-dev libopenjp2-7-dev qtbase5-dev gobject-introspection libglib2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libgirepository1.0-dev libnss3-dev ca-certificates libcurl4-nss-dev liblcms2-dev libboost-container-dev

mkdir -p build && cd build
cmake -G Ninja ..
ninja

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