CMake Environment Variables

CMake environment variables set defaults across projects for a user. These settings can be overridden by command line flags or overriding the environment variable. Environment variables can generally be set on any operating system by users.

2024

• 2024-08-29 – Switch CMake Generator to Ninja
• 2024-06-25 – Github Actions dynamic environment variables
• 2024-06-24 – Static environment variables in GitHub Actions
• 2024-03-21 – CTest parallel run by default
• 2024-01-31 – CMake preset enforce use
• 2024-01-30 – CMake color output
• 2024-01-17 – CMake build parallel

2023

• 2023-02-05 – GitHub Actions with CMake
• 2023-01-27 – macOS Terminal shell configuration

2021

• 2021-11-19 – CMake Ninja Multi-Config generator
• 2021-10-12 – CMake build type default
• 2021-01-18 – Using CMake on Windows