setup on Ubuntu - RawIron/learn-cpp GitHub Wiki

Install packages

apt install build-essential
apt install clang-tools-9
apt install cmake
apt install libboost-all-dev

Setup cmake

Copy a CMakeLists.txt into your project root

cp ./cmake/CMakeLists.txt <your project root>

Edit the CMakeLists.txt file

• change the project name

project("cppskills")

• add a build target

add_executable(pointer intro_pointer.cpp)

Recommended compiler flags

-Wall -Weffc++ -Wextra -Wsign-conversion -Werror

create a build directory

mkdir <your project root>/build

Test the setup

cd <your project root>
cd build
cmake ..
make <build target>