cmake-env-variables(7)
- Environment Variables that Change Behavior
- Environment Variables that Control the Build
- Environment Variables for Languages
- Environment Variables for CTest
- Environment Variables for the CMake curses interface
This page lists environment variables that have special meaning to CMake.
For general information on environment variables, see the Environment Variables section in the cmake-language manual.
Environment Variables that Change Behavior
- CLICOLOR
- CLICOLOR_FORCE
- CMAKE_APPBUNDLE_PATH
- CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH
- CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH
- CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH
- CMAKE_MAXIMUM_RECURSION_DEPTH
- CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM
- CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
- CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH
- CMAKE_TLS_VERIFY
- CMAKE_TLS_VERSION
- NO_COLOR
- SSL_CERT_DIR
- SSL_CERT_FILE
Environment Variables that Control the Build
- ADSP_ROOT
- CMAKE_APPLE_SILICON_PROCESSOR
- CMAKE_AUTOGEN_INTERMEDIATE_DIR_STRATEGY
- CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL
- CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
- CMAKE_COLOR_DIAGNOSTICS
- CMAKE_CONFIG_DIR
- CMAKE_CONFIG_TYPE
- CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES
- CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR
- CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS
- CMAKE_EXPORT_BUILD_DATABASE
- CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS
- CMAKE_FASTBUILD_VERBOSE_GENERATOR
- CMAKE_GENERATOR
- CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE
- CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM
- CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET
- CMAKE_INSTALL_MODE
- CMAKE_INSTALL_PARALLEL_LEVEL
- CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX
- CMAKE_INTERMEDIATE_DIR_STRATEGY
- CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LAUNCHER
- CMAKE_<LANG>_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES_EXCLUDE
- CMAKE_<LANG>_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES_EXCLUDE
- CMAKE_<LANG>_LINKER_LAUNCHER
- CMAKE_MSVCIDE_RUN_PATH
- CMAKE_NO_VERBOSE
- CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES
- CMAKE_TEST_LAUNCHER
- CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
- DESTDIR
- LDFLAGS
- MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
- <PackageName>_ROOT
- VERBOSE
Environment Variables for Languages
- ASM<DIALECT>
- ASM<DIALECT>FLAGS
- CC
- CFLAGS
- CSFLAGS
- CUDAARCHS
- CUDACXX
- CUDAFLAGS
- CUDAHOSTCXX
- CXX
- CXXFLAGS
- FC
- FFLAGS
- HIPCXX
- HIPFLAGS
- HIPHOSTCXX
- ISPC
- ISPCFLAGS
- OBJC
- OBJCFLAGS
- OBJCXX
- OBJCXXFLAGS
- RC
- RCFLAGS
- SWIFTC
Environment Variables for CTest
- CMAKE_CONFIG_TYPE
- CTEST_INTERACTIVE_DEBUG_MODE
- CTEST_NO_TESTS_ACTION
- CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE
- CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL
- CTEST_PROGRESS_OUTPUT
- CTEST_USE_INSTRUMENTATION
- CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS_DEFAULT
- CTEST_USE_VERBOSE_INSTRUMENTATION
- DASHBOARD_TEST_FROM_CTEST
Environment Variables for the CMake curses interface
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