CMake… ccmake or cmake?

Question

What is the difference between cmake and ccmake? I have the Ubuntu package cmake installed, and on my Windows computer, I have the installer from the website, but neither have the command ccmake available. Yet, the tutorials, seem to reference it quite regularly.

It seems that ccmake on Unix is CMakeSetup on Windows (which is the setup program). But I'm a little confused about it; is it just an alternative to manually typing your own CMakeLists.txt files?

Answer 1

I think ccmake is the GUI for manipulating files generated by / used by the cmake system.

Answer 2

ccmake is curses (terminal handling library) interface to CMake.

cmake is the CLI (Command Line Interface)

Answer 3

sudo apt-get install cmake-curses-gui

Answer 4

ccmake :
It is teminal based GUI to edit the default options or paths in CMakeLists.txt.
Usage:
After you have generated configure files using cmake .. in build folder. Then do ccmake .. , to see all the options and paths which can be be modified by pressing Enter for editing. After editing press c again to configure. This will save the files in build folder with your edited settings. Then do make -j4 , for building the MakeFile.

Answer 5

ccmake (for Unix) and CMakeSetup (for NT) are indeed equivalent: a UI to cmake. They basically call cmake and display how your project is configured, what libraries have been found and where (for libraries referenced with FIND_LIBRARY. It gives you a chance to review and modify these variables before generating the Makefile or project.