Building and Linking Static and Shared Libraries with Makefiles
Library Creation and Linking Basics
Consider a C++ project with the following structure:
add.h
int compute_sum(int x, int y);
add.cpp
#include "add.h"
int compute_sum(int x, int y)
{
return x + y;
}
main.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include "add.h"
int main()
{
std::cout << compute_sum(1, 2) << std: ...
Posted on Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:40:00 +0000 by MattMan
Practical CMake Configuration Techniques
Configuring RPATH in CMake
First, disable the automatic addition of build-time paths to RPATH at the beginning of your CMake configuration:
set(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH TRUE)
After declaring a library with add_library but before linking with target_link_libraries, set these properties to enable dependency lookup in relative ../lib or ./lib directories ...
Posted on Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:04:05 +0000 by songwind
CMake Fundamentals for Building C++ Projects
CMake is a cross-platform build system generator that simplifies the compilation process for multi-language projects. It generates native build scripts (Makefiles, Visual Studio projects, etc.) from platform-independent configuration files.
Installation
Most Linux distributions include CMake in their package repositories. For Windows or systems ...
Posted on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:02:48 +0000 by gamefreak13