cmake --help

Usage

cmake [options] <path-to-source>
cmake [options] <path-to-existing-build>

Specify a source directory to (re-)generate a build system for it in the
current working directory. Specify an existing build directory to
re-generate its build system.

Options
-C <initial-cache> = Pre-load a script to populate the cache.
-D <var>[:<type>]=<value> = Create a cmake cache entry.
-U <globbing_expr> = Remove matching entries from CMake cache.
-G <generator-name> = Specify a build system generator.
-T <toolset-name> = Specify toolset name if supported by
generator.
-A <platform-name> = Specify platform name if supported by
generator.
-Wdev = Enable developer warnings.
-Wno-dev = Suppress developer warnings.
-Werror=dev = Make developer warnings errors.
-Wno-error=dev = Make developer warnings not errors.
-Wdeprecated = Enable deprecation warnings.
-Wno-deprecated = Suppress deprecation warnings.
-Werror=deprecated = Make deprecated macro and function warnings
errors.
-Wno-error=deprecated = Make deprecated macro and function warnings
not errors.
-E = CMake command mode.
-L[A][H] = List non-advanced cached variables.
--build <dir> = Build a CMake-generated project binary tree.
-N = View mode only.
-P <file> = Process script mode.
--find-package = Run in pkg-config like mode.
--graphviz=[file] = Generate graphviz of dependencies, see
CMakeGraphVizOptions.cmake for more.
--system-information [file] = Dump information about this system.
--debug-trycompile = Do not delete the try_compile build tree.
Only useful on one try_compile at a time.
--debug-output = Put cmake in a debug mode.
--trace = Put cmake in trace mode.
--trace-expand = Put cmake in trace mode with variable
expansion.
--warn-uninitialized = Warn about uninitialized values.
--warn-unused-vars = Warn about unused variables.
--no-warn-unused-cli = Don't warn about command line options.
--check-system-vars = Find problems with variable usage in system
files.
--help,-help,-usage,-h,-H,/? = Print usage information and exit.
--version,-version,/V [<f>] = Print version number and exit.
--help-full [<f>] = Print all help manuals and exit.
--help-manual <man> [<f>] = Print one help manual and exit.
--help-manual-list [<f>] = List help manuals available and exit.
--help-command <cmd> [<f>] = Print help for one command and exit.
--help-command-list [<f>] = List commands with help available and exit.
--help-commands [<f>] = Print cmake-commands manual and exit.
--help-module <mod> [<f>] = Print help for one module and exit.
--help-module-list [<f>] = List modules with help available and exit.
--help-modules [<f>] = Print cmake-modules manual and exit.
--help-policy <cmp> [<f>] = Print help for one policy and exit.
--help-policy-list [<f>] = List policies with help available and exit.
--help-policies [<f>] = Print cmake-policies manual and exit.
--help-property <prop> [<f>] = Print help for one property and exit.
--help-property-list [<f>] = List properties with help available and
exit.
--help-properties [<f>] = Print cmake-properties manual and exit.
--help-variable var [<f>] = Print help for one variable and exit.
--help-variable-list [<f>] = List variables with help available and exit.
--help-variables [<f>] = Print cmake-variables manual and exit.

Generators

The following generators are available on this platform:
Unix Makefiles = Generates standard UNIX makefiles.
Ninja = Generates build.ninja files.
Watcom WMake = Generates Watcom WMake makefiles.
CodeBlocks - Ninja = Generates CodeBlocks project files.
CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles = Generates CodeBlocks project files.
CodeLite - Ninja = Generates CodeLite project files.
CodeLite - Unix Makefiles = Generates CodeLite project files.
Eclipse CDT4 - Ninja = Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files.
Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles= Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files.
KDevelop3 = Generates KDevelop 3 project files.
KDevelop3 - Unix Makefiles = Generates KDevelop 3 project files.
Kate - Ninja = Generates Kate project files.
Kate - Unix Makefiles = Generates Kate project files.
Sublime Text 2 - Ninja = Generates Sublime Text 2 project files.
Sublime Text 2 - Unix Makefiles
= Generates Sublime Text 2 project files.