[CMake] what options

[Attila Krasznahorkay]

Hi,

Just to clarify: CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is the variable that sets where the project will be installed. CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH is used (amongst other things) to find external projects during the configuration.

Cheers,
             Attila

> On 13 Dec 2015, at 21:20, Owen Hogarth II <gurenchan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> wow, that's excellent cmake -LAH lead me to the variable that I was looking for.
> 
> Thank you very much Roger!
> 
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 3:56 AM, Roger Leigh <rleigh at codelibre.net> wrote:
> On 13/12/2015 19:44, Owen Hogarth II wrote:
> If you have a cmake project, what's the way to see what type of
> configuration options are available?
> 
> For example I know that I can pass -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH the set where the
> project will be installed.
> 
> Sometimes project creators add other things, such as building static or
> share libraries, SSE, NEON or other flags like those.
> 
> Is there a way to have cmake show all of those that the current project
> has exposed?
> 
> cmake -L[A][H] .
> 
> Lists the cache variables to set, optionally including advanced options and help text.
> 
> See "List non-advanced cached variables" in https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/manual/cmake.1.html
> 
> These are also shown with cmake-gui, which lists them in the user interface.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Roger
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