1.. cmake-manual-description: CMake Curses Dialog Command-Line Reference 2 3ccmake(1) 4********* 5 6Synopsis 7======== 8 9.. parsed-literal:: 10 11 ccmake [<options>] {<path-to-source> | <path-to-existing-build>} 12 13Description 14=========== 15 16The **ccmake** executable is the CMake curses interface. Project 17configuration settings may be specified interactively through this 18GUI. Brief instructions are provided at the bottom of the terminal 19when the program is running. 20 21CMake is a cross-platform build system generator. Projects specify 22their build process with platform-independent CMake listfiles included 23in each directory of a source tree with the name ``CMakeLists.txt``. 24Users build a project by using CMake to generate a build system for a 25native tool on their platform. 26 27Options 28======= 29 30.. include:: OPTIONS_BUILD.txt 31 32.. include:: OPTIONS_HELP.txt 33 34See Also 35======== 36 37.. include:: LINKS.txt 38