【笔记】CMake构建C++工程

一句话结论：本文归纳CMake构建c++工程的基本用法，实现多依赖、多工程、多文件格式的工程编译构建。

1.简介

CMake(cross-platform make)是一个跨平台编译工具，它不能直接生成最终可执行程序，而是构建各平台标准的构建文档（如Linux的Makefile、Windows的sln）。
使用时，用户不再需要直接编写底层Makefile文件，而是编写语法简单的CMakeLists.txt文件，CMake在执行目录下查找CMakeLists.txt来生成Makefile、构建工程，大幅降低工程构建和编译的难度。

2.简单工程

- output
- build
- tests- test0- main.cc- CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)# set c++11
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "$GUN_FLAGS -std=c++11")# set output dir
set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../output) # based on current CMakeLists.txt
set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../output) # .exe
set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../output) # .a# build test0
aux_source_directory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test0 SRC_TEST0) # collect all cxx files in $test0
add_executabel(test0 ${SRC_TEST0})

在项目构建和编译过程中会生成大量中间文件，为保持源代码目录纯净，一般在其他目录新建一个build目

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../tests/
make

3.生成并使用链接库

目的：在A工程下，生成动态链接库，在B工程下调用。
每个带cxx的模块下都需要有CMakeLists.txt来描述当前模块的编译配置。

- output
- build
- root - libs- B - B.h- B.cc - CMakeLists.txt- tests- testA- main.cc- CMakeLists.txt

libs/B下的CMakeLists.txt

file(GLOB_RECURSE SRC_LIBS_B${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/B/*.h${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/B/*.cc
)
add_library(B SHARED ${SRC_LIBS_B}) # shared->.so  static->.a  object->.o

tests下的CMakeLists

... # "简单工程"中CMakeLists.txt的常规配置
include_libraries({CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../libs/B)aux_source_directory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test0 SRC_TEST0) # collect all cxx files in $test0# link B.so
add_executabel(testA ${SRC_TESTA})
target_link_libraries(${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libB.so)# link B.a
link_libraries(${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libB.a)
add_executable(testA ${SRC_TESTA})# linke B/*.o
add_executable(testA ${SRC_TESTA} $<TARGET_OBJECTS:B>)

4. 超多依赖模块库

目的：
A -> B.so ->C.a->D.a
B.so->C.a B.so->D.a
C.a->D.a
A->C.a A->D.a

- output
- build
- exlibs- D - D.h- D.cc- CMakeLists.txt
- root- statics- C- C.h- C.cc- CMakeLists.txt   - libs- B - B.h- B.cc - CMakeLists.txt- tests- testA- main.cc- CMakeLists.txt
- CMakeLists.txt

项目构建时，脚本从外往里调，从里往外构。最终依赖exlibs/D/CMakeLists.txt。

include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/D)
aux_source_directory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/D SRC_LIBD)
add_library(D STATIC ${SRC_LIBD}) # 最外层CMakeLists会定义libD的输出目录

statics/C/CMakeLists.txt

include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../exlibs/D) # include D.header
include_libraries(${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libD.a) # 使用静态链接库#include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
aux_source_directory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} SRC_LIBC)
add_library(C STATIC ${SRC_LIBD}) # 最外层CMakeLists会定义libC.a的输出目录

libs/B/CMakeLists.txt

include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../exlibs/D) # include D.header
include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../statics/C) # include C.header
include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
aux_source_directory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} SRC_LIBB)link_libraries(${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libC.a ${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libD.a) # 静态链接库，左边依赖右边add_library(B SHARED ${SRC_LIBD})

tests/CMakeLists.txt

include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../extlibs/D)
include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../statics/C)# C&D都是静态链接库的形式，这里还需要再次包含一遍
link_libraries(${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libC.a ${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libD.a) # 静态链接库，左边依赖右边file(GLOB_RECURSE SRC_TESTA${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/testA/*.h}${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/testA/*.cc}
)
add_executable(testA ${SRC_TESTA})
target_link_libraries(testA PUBLIC ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libB.so) # 使用动态链接库B

最外层CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minium_version(VERSION 3.10)set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJEC_SOURCE_DIR}/output)
set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJEC_SOURCE_DIR}/output)
set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJEC_SOURCE_DIR}/output)set(CMAKE_CXX_FALGS "${GUN_FLAGS} -std=c++11 -fPIC -Wl,--no-as-needed -ldl -lphread") # 使用c++11标准；-fPIC 动态库中使用静态库；-Wl,--no-as-needed 链接dlsym所需系统库；-lphread使用多线程库phreadadd_subdirectory(exlibs/D)
add_subdirectory(root/statics/C)
add_subdirectory(root/libs/B)
add_subdirectory(root/tests)

5.超多依赖库II

同样的依赖关系，不想把C构建成单独的静态库，而是直接使用C编译成的.o。此时只需要在构建B时将C/*.o链接。
1.修改statics/C/CMakeLists.txt最后一行

# add_library(staticC STATIC ${SRC_LIBD})
add_library(objC OBJECT ${SRC_LIBD}) # 将C直接编译成.o备用

2.修改libs/B/CMakeLists.txt的最后2行

# link_libraries(${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libC.a ${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libD.a) # 静态链接库，左边依赖右边
# add_library(staticC SHARED ${SRC_LIBD})link_libraries(${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libD.a) # 只链接静态库
add_library(B SHARED ${SRC_LIBD}$<TARGET_OBJECTS:objC>
) # 直接把C编到libB.so里，后续使用时，只需要链接libB.so就可以用C里的符号

3.修改tests/CMakelists.txt，去除对libC.a的依赖

# # C&D都是静态链接库的形式，这里还需要再次包含一遍
# link_libraries(${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libC.a ${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libD.a) # 静态链接库，左边依赖右边# 去除对libC.a的依赖
link_libraries(${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/libD.a}

6.总结

除此之外，还需要指定cmake_cxx_flag编译指令以实现链接系统库等个性化需求；也可以引入xxx.cmake美化cmake的CMakelists文件。