CMake Tutorial EP 1 | Understanding The Basics

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[@RuoshiWen]

Great tutorial. I do enjoy that you were giving tutorials in a very relaxing tone. I got really stressed when I learn c++ related contents.

[@carlosdalomba]

This was easily the best CMake tutorial/resource I found all week so far. I've been struggling to understand all the terms and how it (CMake) fits into everything. Especially coming from a Unity/C# game dev background, and not really.. understanding much about "builds", "platforms", and "compilers" besides extreme basics/vagueness. Thank you so much, this really makes it feel a lot more doable. P.S. - I'm so glad you use VS Code too! Just started with it today as well haha

[@伟建-j4u]

Sorry to interrupt,i am a newer to learn cmake ,is there any tutorial to recommend? Thanks .

[@openroomxyz]

@@伟建-j4u same :)

[@cppdog3549]

I think I just found my favorite KZbin channel. I really love the joke in the beginning about our Lord and Savior.....CMake, and I really enjoyed watching your tutorial and learning about how CMake works. I love your style of teaching and it's so intuitive. Thank you for making this video.

[@bestganesh]

This is a very nice introduction to Cmake. Really got what I need. Thanks :)

[@CodeTechandTutorials]

Happy it helped

[@Augnos]

Thanks for explaining makefiles in literally the first 5 minutes. I don’t know how every other explanation skips this part and what cmake is even needed for

[@journeyman6856]

The best CMake tutorials on KZbin!

[@milanky]

Checkout the Beginner/Intro CMake Course at www.udemy.com/course/master_cmake/?referralCode=D08DF343ABAE2835C3B7

[@sirtobi6006]

I came to learn about CMake and directly left an abonoment.

[@mr.bun-bunny8830]

I subscribed because your blender tutorial helped me with video editing and now I'm here because of your coding tutorials and I'm Loving It.

[@mr.bun-bunny8830]

wanted to ask I'm having this g++ error in visual studio code whenever I try to code in C or C++ well it happens when I try to run it any idea how can I solve it?

[@CodeTechandTutorials]

@@mr.bun-bunny8830 hard to say without many specifics. Can you post the source code?

[@inlovewithtajweed1]

Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed the content. Minor: zues==>Zeus.

[@bieldozap]

seriously, i was starting to watch the OGRE tutorial and when I saw Cmake, it came to my mind "oh boy it would be nice a Cmake tutorial". And here I am. Thank you so much.

[@CodeTechandTutorials]

Nice! I'm studying hard to make this next cmake tutorial and hopefully take it to a whole new level

[@kavorka8855]

Simple, clear and fun way of teaching any subject! Now, next ... part 2

[@codinger4182]

This guy looks like *_Gilfoyle_* from *Silicon Valley* . Jokes apart, he explained great!

[@hosseinbeiranvand7169]

exactly man!

[@makermatrix9815]

Sounds like him even more than he looks like him, LOL

[@hridaykeswani6459]

We will talk about our lord and savior ... what do you think am talking about SATAN! xD

[@poganka45]

he reminds me of Lex Luthor's father

[@snowman4933]

true af

[@abelashenafi6291]

Thanks man. The shortest yet most efficient and vivid explanation about Cmake and MakeFile. Thanks a lot man. really. Kudos

[@sammyiboi]

Thanks for this! There's only a few CMake tutorials out there, so this one is definitely welcome :) Just finished the first video. CTT looks awfully close to C++, woah!

[@CodeTechandTutorials]

Awesome, thank you!

[@tiendadelchavo4132]

These CMake tutorials are simply the best! Amazing explanation and tips! Thank you so much!

[@CodeTechandTutorials]

Glad you like them!

[@juan-jh1qg]

In windows, run instead the following CMake command: > cmake -S ../../ -B . -G "MinGW Makefiles"

[@thedeathchimera]

Thanks man, it kept spitting out visual studio files and I wasn't sure why

[@abdullahsulaymaan9085]

thanks bro, you saved me time

[@ORagnar]

I'm getting a Bob Ross vibe from your style. I expect to see some happy little clouds. 7/14/22, 5:57 p.m.

[@ctjanney]

Fantastic! Thank you. I've struggled with make files, hacking open source setups to compile without direction. Thank you for your clear tutorials.

[@anguruso]

Thank you! I had one hell of a time understanding CMake before watching your videos.

[@HY-nt8nk]

In cmake, where did we mention the kind of compiler to use? At the beginning of the video, in the makefile, it was explicitly mentioned to use 'g++' compiler. But, I did not get how cmake picked the compiler? Can you please answer me this question?

[@Karlthegreat100]

I'm not sure if there are other ways but I usually set environment variables for that, specifically, CC and CXX. So CC=/path/to/clang CXX=/path/to/clang++ cmake..

[@blankeyezero]

thank you.. i was a simple guy coming from interpreted languages... this compiler problem was making things difficult for me as to finding out which c compiler I should use and such...

[@moeroe7663]

As a C-noob I can say: this is really helpfull!

[@opexkoru5157]

Best cmake tutorial I've seen by far. Looking forward to watching the rest of the videos. Thanks!

[@russellshahenian2357]

I love it: 'so just please don't' .... i know your're real at that point. Ty great 'simple' effective.

[@legitjimmyjaylight8409]

It appears I don't have the `-S` option available on my CMake, and it wants to use my `-B` option as both the build and the source directory. It seems this may be because my cmake is out of date, and this is a newer option. My cmake version is 3.10.2. Edit: I've managed to get it updated now to cmake version 3.20.1, and now I can finally use the `-S` option & follow along with this tutorial.

[@aogposton]

Came to this after doing my own way.... Thank you for the tutorial.

[@phillno1751]

Subscribed. Clear, concise, exactly what I need to get started. I look forward to the next video. Thanks!

[@MyMjrox]

Still the best cmake tutorial

[@rsmusic-fh6nl]

only legible cmake explanation i've found, tysm

[@uwemisrael5836]

I'm finiding this series very helpfull. Started learning C++. Thanks

[@B15HOP]

So glad you put this in here. The other good tutorial is "cmake good" by vector-of-bool. The cmake library is a little bit more confusing at first than standard makefiles, but they are worth it because makefiles get bloated and tedious very quickly. As you know, the cmake tools bypass this by creating the project Makefiles for you.

[@gopinath6946]

You said No standard in coding.... Thalaiva You are great...

[@Gloryisfood]

Finished watching the first video and I know I will learn something from the series. Thank you, Sir!

[@JaCkuevara]

Such a funny guy - and a nice intro - keep it going man! Best Regards

[@degancontent1979]

Good one, looking forward for part 2

[@it_raman_suryawanshi1399]

Thank you 😊 for making it easy to understand.

[@rishabhjain911]

Great job bro You just made it a piece of cake :)

[@pdxfunk]

Thanks so much for making this. After struggling setting up my IDE for making embedded code for RP2040 processor, I kept being like "WTF actually IS CMAKE??". Now I know.

[@saulmorales372]

I appreciate your content and you hella funny!! Thank You Man!!!!!!!

[@jiangpengli86]

Thank you so much for this great tutorial.

[@qc2217]

This is a nice tutorial! Thank you for making it!

[@CodeTechandTutorials]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JirongYi]

Thanks for creating this video

[@lifeisbeautifu1]

Thanks so much for this great tutorial ! :)

[@SeanBoborano]

Truly our lord and savior because CMake documentation is just not beginner friendly or should I say TRASH OH MY GODDD MY FRUSTRATION

[@justdoingodswork]

I tried to make a makefile, but terminal is not reconizing command make?

[@MohamadAlajouz]

the ending got me dead 😆

[@leiyin1998]

thank you, sir!

[@hertzvador2220]

This was very useful. Thank you.

[@eyalpery8470]

Excellent! Thanks!

[@dimitrigraur8345]

Great material, subscribed!

[@meenamurthy1503]

You could say cmake creates a make file, easier ro to associate c with create

[@77and619]

cool guy and gets to the point ! not always like this! tyvm

[@Evilanious]

I cannot believe this contains such basic errors that will mislead beginning programmers. It's spelled 'Zeus'! Get it together! Seriously though, thanks. This was very helpful.

[@davidnguyen9023]

Simply great.

[@timsessions1845]

Praise be to cmake

[@lyndazaid9560]

thank you so much,it was helpful. please sir i have a question ,i tried to build a project with cmake but in it's configuration it throws an error:could not load cache.I tried all the solution but without getting any results.Could you please help me. thnak you again

[@SparxableTunes]

Stomp the comp!

[@Account-fi1cu]

Hi thank you for this great tutorial, If I have a solution on windows, is it possible to create a makefile using cmake ?

[@oneday374]

we want you can do a video en the windows version.

[@openroomxyz]

What cmake does that Visual Studio under windows does not? What is the advantage over using Visual Studio? Correct me if I am wrong but I got the impression that to learn cmake is best not to use IDE and do it under linux, to create your build system? I heard something called premake not sure how are they different?

[@mikey.audio.]

excellent content, thanks!

[@JasonKT13]

What OS are you using here?

[@WhiteBerry]

Hi, could you tell me the settings you use for the file path to appear above the first line of the editor? Great video btw

[@deryaadil4344]

How can I change the compiler architecture options used by cmake by adding some instructions to the cmake call? Thank you so much!

[@thefrostian]

Fantastic. Thanks so much.

[@lowmax4431]

What terminal emulator is that?

[@pygeekrfoo820]

thank you gilfoyle

[@double-lung7364]

Thanks for the tutorial! Which distro are you using in this video?

[@CodeTechandTutorials]

This was mx Linux

[@aakarshanguptaa2_013]

i have three files : main.cpp , header.h and a makefile in the same directory but the "make" command does nothing but rather the command "make main" runs the bash command inside "default:" in the makefile.. what am i doing wrong ?

[@milanky]

Checkout the Beginner/Intro CMake Course at www.udemy.com/course/master_cmake/?referralCode=D08DF343ABAE2835C3B7

[@StevenMartinGuitar]

You missed a big trick, should have turned that light above you on to really sell the OLAS effect

[@john3932]

Fantastic tutorial Cheers m8

[@brno322]

On Windows I get: g++ main.cpp -o out process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, g++ main.cpp -o out, ...) failed. make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified. make: *** [Makefile:2: default] Error 2

[@urheart1939]

should i understand it like Linux shell commands script?

[@markharrington5826]

Superb thank you

[@pebble2258]

for anyone that is unable to run the 'make' command, run 'cmake --build (build directory)' that's two dashes - -

[@ascyrax8507]

thank u.

[@juansilicom]

why cmake from the build (.) and not from the root and make the destination out/build/? Oo.. I forgot .. there is not standards (now it makes sense) :)

[@davidzimmer2156]

I have this same question. Why not cmake from the root? Why cmake from out/build/? Is it bc it "hides" all those cmake files inside of the build/ folder and doesn't clutter the root?

[@srh80]

Oh great! Gilfoyle got a haircut.

[@Jose_Miralles]

Thanks for the gospel on our lord and savior. It was really helpful.

[@aerahtv0000]

Thank you, Zeus! :)

[@GfastGao]

Just tried out with cmake V3.10.0 which apt will gives me, it even do not have the chance to use "-B" properly. I will use snap on ubuntu to install a proper one for the tutorial.

[@CodeTechandTutorials]

Interesting good to know

[@muhamedadel5859]

*Nope, Binaries doesn't build itself,* 15 minutes *well* spent to understand how to build a simple program. I wonder if living things are self built ?. How great he who created all living things, I wonder.?! $ make like.cpp

[@kartikgarasia5685]

Thanks gilfoil :)

[@reflex6588]

lmao i knew i wasnt the only one that thought this

[@kartikgarasia5685]

​@@reflex6588 He even speaks in that tone! Which is awesome!

[@eneserdogan34]

[ERROR RESOLVED] IF YOU HAVE CMAKE 3.10.2 then run: cmake -Hsourcepath -Bbuildpath yes do it without a space between flag and the argument

[@atrus3823]

"rmdir" is a safer way to remove a directory. If you use "rm -fr" and accidentally type the wrong thing... Especially something generic like "build". Perhaps you cd'd to another directory and forgot.

[@MilanKarakas]

There is no 'cmake' on Raspberry pi. What then?

[@shashikantverma5935]

Yes.. do a windows video please.

[@fouaddlam4688]

I were Learn That's module but i dont't understand you because I Arabic but not probleme ! Next and Good luck

[@jerrickmarques8777]

cmake makes your makefile for c, say that ten times fast

[@peterSobieraj]

I watched whole video, and I'm not conviced. Why not just create Makefile and use normal make ?

[@matsbjnnes366]

As your project grows and you keep adding source files and external libs / includes it's nice to have a single instruction file generate all the neuances neccesary for a makefile. Makefiles can get substantial and messy so it's easier having them automatically generated

[@peterSobieraj]

@@matsbjnnes366 make is tool to automate typing commands related to some project. Purpouse of make is to make programmer work easyer. Cost of using make is that you have to learn new syntax, and that you have to put extra file in your project directory. Other 2 options are to type commands manualy or create script that will run them. Typing commands manualy works fine if you have 1 or 2 files, and don't have any libraries. Buf if you are using any libraries or special compier options, you probably won't remember how to compile it 2 years later. On the other hand writing your own script gives you full power, you can do anything. And you don't need to learn new syntax, because you are using language of your choice. Drowback of your own script is that you need to add code for check modification time, to skip compiling files that were not modificated. Thats about extra 5 lines of code. And running your own script usually take more typing. For example "php make.php" or "node make.js" or "./make.sh", etc. While "make" is short and easy to type. And custom script is custom, so there is no standard way of runing it like "make", "make install", "make clean". Now cmake. From what I know so far. In order to use it you have to also understand Makefile. Because sooner or later something will go wrong, and you will have to investigate. So you need to learn 2 new syntaxes. Complexity +2. In order to run cmake you have to run "cmake -S sources_directory -P output_directory". So practicaly we will write a script for calling a cmake. So we are already makeing custom script for building project. And fact that you have to specify thouse options while cmake is using config file in your working directory to load other options is just stupid. If people think that Makefile are not good, too complicated or something, and they are making new better tool, then why keep depending on Makefile ? If you already have in your memory list of all the commands that need to be run, then why not just execute them ? It look to me, like in every possible case scenario cmake is just worse. I know lot of people is using cmake, so it's likely I'm missing something here. But what ?

[@ramakrishnamishra8179]

Is it possible to compile an exe with this?

[@CodeTechandTutorials]

cmake generates a makefile -> which runs gcc/g++ to compile your code into an executable, linkable library, and can probably do more but those are the main uses

[@ramakrishnamishra8179]

@@CodeTechandTutorials thank you! So we can actually make a universal app with just one set of source?

[@CodeTechandTutorials]

@@ramakrishnamishra8179 ah yes, that is the beauty of generators like CMake. It will generate the right compile commands(in a perfect world) for your OS/setup.

[@ramakrishnamishra8179]

@@CodeTechandTutorials thank you! I will try it!

[@ShahidNihal]

For some reason, you remind me of Gilfolye 😂

[@prashanthkumar0]

Aawwww light theme 🙈

[@gugu2850]

Firstly I'am a boy, and secondly, I like him.

[@dibyojyotibhattacharjee5349]

Did you leave windows, since previously you were a windows user???

[@CodeTechandTutorials]

I use both.

[@dibyojyotibhattacharjee5349]

@@CodeTechandTutorials okk, what's ur favourite??

[@CodeTechandTutorials]

for coding, I prefer Linux. I usually end up on Windows because most of the people who demo or test the software I make use Windows.

[@dibyojyotibhattacharjee5349]

@@CodeTechandTutorials okk

[@saadli]

OurLordAndSavior `touch`es to `make` a file

[@tiendadelchavo4132]

Valeu!

[@larsgustafsson215]

Thanks for a good tutorial, but Zeus is spelled Zeus.

[@NewtonMD]

Bro uses a light theme? Is he a real coder?

[@nono-qv4um]

no he is not, he is duck typist, writing about ducks

[@naamvoornaam6583]

C in CMake stands for Christ?