project("XrandR") cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18) # This is a small experiment in figuring out which compilers I want to use for # the complition. There's no reason to use Clang over GCC, but I was curious how # you specified that in the configuration. set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "clang") set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "clang++") # Packages are libraries that provide definitions for how to compile # well-known packages. The XCB package is often installed someplace # peculiar, and the ECM (Extra CMake Modules) package knows how to # find it, but there are no modules to import from it, just the finder. find_package(ECM REQUIRED NO_MODULE) list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${ECM_MODULE_PATH}) find_package(XCB REQUIRED) # There are the definitions of the libraries needed to build the executable. link_libraries(${XCB_LIBRARIES}) include_directories(${X11_INCLUDE_DIR}) # The `list(APPEND ...` command does, well, it takes an existing string and # append new stuff to it. list(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CXXMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c++17 -I../src/include/ -g") # This is the final executable and the list of source files that are responsible # for building that executable. There can be multiple executables, and it can be # possible to describe which one you want from the command line. add_executable(xrandr src/xrandr.cpp) # Define the libraries that are necessary to link a binary. The link happens # only if it's a target mentioned in `add_executable()` (TK: Are there others # that provide executables?) Note that this has to come *after* the executable # target is provided, or CMake will complain that the target hasn't been found. target_link_libraries(xrandr ${X11_XCB_LIBRARIES})