CMake does not build executables and libraries on its own. Instead, CMake configures a project and generates files used by another build tool or framework to build the project. On GNU/Linux and macOS, CMake typically generates Unix Makefiles, but a number of alternatives exist. On Windows, these are typically Visual Studio project files or MinGW or MSYS Makefiles. CMake includes a wide range of generators for native command-line build tools or integrated development environments (IDEs). You can read more about them at the following link: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-generators.7.html.
These generators can be selected using cmake -G, for instance:
$ cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017"
Not all generators are available on every platform and, depending on the platform where CMake runs, typically only a subset is available. To see a list of all...
