CMake

Conan can be integrated with CMake using different generators, build helpers and custom findXXX.cmake files:

Warning

This is a deprecated feature. Please refer to the Migration Guidelines to find the feature that replaced this one.

The new, under development integration with CMake can be found in conan.tools.cmake. This is the integration that will become the standard one in Conan 2.0, and the below generators and integrations will be deprecated and removed. While they are recommended and usable and we will try not to break them in future releases, some breaking changes might still happen if necessary to prepare for the Conan 2.0 release.

• cmake generator
  • Global variables approach
  • Targets approach
• cmake_multi generator
  • Global variables approach
  • Targets approach
  • Creating packages
• cmake_paths generator
  • Included as a toolchain
  • Included using the CMAKE_PROJECT_<PROJECT-NAME>_INCLUDE
  • Included in your CMakeLists.txt
• cmake_find_package generator
  • In a conanfile.py
  • In a conanfile.txt
• cmake_find_package_multi
  • Usage
• Build automation
• Find Packages
  • Creating a custom FindXXX.cmake file

Other resources:

• If you want to use the Visual Studio 2017 + CMake integration, check this how-to