The first steps that need to be done are as follows (perform them in order): With the exception of the screenshots and the instructions to click buttons, everything that is explained below willĪpply to the command line variants as well (the options are the same). We assume that people who use the command line variantsĬan refer to the CMake documentation for their usage. In this tutorial we will be using cmake-gui, as this is what most beginners are likely to use. To print out a list of all options, run cmake -L. If you use this, you must specify all the option names and their values as command line parameters. It's very convenient to see and edit the build options and is probably the easiest solution for beginners and people who don't want to deal with the command line. This is CMake's graphical interface which allows you to configure everything with buttons and text fields.
In fact there are three different ways to run it: > your_visual_studio_folder\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat The batch file will set all the necessary environment variables in that console window for you. Your Visual Studio installation in the console you have open. With Visual C++, you can either run CMake from the "Visual Studio command prompt" available from the start menu, or run the vcvars32.bat batch file of On Windows, if you want to use GCC (MinGW), you can temporarily add the MinGW\bin directory to the PATH and then run CMake from the command shell: This is especially important when you have several compilers installed, or multiple versions of the same compiler.
#SETUP VISUAL STUDIO SFML WINDOWS#
This is not a problem for Linux and macOS users, since the compilers are installed in a standard path and are always globally available,īut on Windows you may have to add the directory of your compiler in the PATH environment variable, so that CMake can find it automatically. As a consequence, the compiler executable must be available when CMake is run. The availability of the compiler (and checks its version as well). When CMake configures your project, it tests Now that you've chosen the build directory, there's one more thing to do before you can run CMake. Using separate folders will also make it easier to have multiple different builds (static, So that you can keep your SFML directory clean. The cleanest solution is to generate them in a completely separate folder Of garbage: a complete hierarchy of build files, object files, etc. the SFML root directory), but it will then be polluted with a lot You can generate them directly in the source tree (i.e. The first thing to choose is where the projects/makefiles and object files (files resulting from the compilation process) There are several other options as well which allow you to create a build configuration that suits your needs. Basically it consists of choosing what to build,
This step consists of creating the projects/makefiles that will finally compile SFML.
#SETUP VISUAL STUDIO SFML INSTALL#
Once those packages are installed, don't forget to install their development headers as well. The exact name of the packages may vary from distribution to distribution. SFML relies on you to install all of its dependencies on your own. On Windows and macOS, all the required dependencies are provided alongside SFML so you won't have to download/install anything else. SFML depends on a few other libraries, so before starting to configure you must have their development files installed. Your toolchain using that build configuration. You can read more about CMake on itsĪs you might expect, this tutorial is divided into two main sections: Generating the build configuration with CMake, and building SFML with It is similar to autoconf/automake or premake for those who are already familiar with these tools.ĬMake is used by many projects including well-known ones such as Blender, CLion, KDE, Ogre, and many more. In fact it can generate the makefiles or projects for any operating system and compiler of Instead of building SFML, it builds what builds SFML: Visual Studio solutions,Ĭode::Blocks projects, Linux makefiles, XCode projects, etc. You will not compile SFML with CMake, because CMake is notĬMake is an open-source meta build system.
Admittedly, the title of this tutorial is a bit misleading.
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