CMake is an open-source, cross-platform family of tools designed to build, test and package software. As it is not automatically installed by cp_install.sh script, you need to get the software and install it on your machine separately.

Note: CMSIS-Build requires CMake 3.15 or above.

Invocation

CMake is called from the Bash command line with the following syntax:

cmake [options] <path-to-source>

The cbuild.sh script calls CMake twice with these options:

1. Step: Configuration

[options]	Short Name
-G <generator-name>	Specify a build system generator.
-S <path-to-source>	Explicitly specify a source directory.
-B <path-to-build>	Explicitly specify a build directory.

2. Step: Build

[options]	Short Name
--build	Build a CMake-generated project binary tree.
-j	Number of parallel build jobs.
<target>	Target to be built.

Note

CMake supports different build systems. By default, Ninja is used. As a Windows user, copy the Ninja binary available from Releases to the installation directory of CMSIS-Build: ./cbuild/bin where it is invoked automatically.