（1）安装cmake。

下载地址：http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html

根据自己的需要下载相应的包即可，Windows下可以下载zip压缩的绿色版本，还可以下载源代码。

（2）运行cmake的方法。（GUI、命令行）

CMake使用步骤：

 

可以在源代码的Tests/Turorial目录中找到这个手册对应的代码。

（如果不知道如何使用cmake，以及如何使用编译产生的Turorial.exe，可先看下前面“CMake使用步骤”的说明，它以Step4为例详细介绍了使用过程，Step1的配置可能不够完全，比如无法运行make install，无法运行make test，但可以参考。）
简单的程序编译。

（1）运行GUI的cmake，指定要编译的源代码路径和二进制文件路径（会自动创建）。

（2）点击Configure，配置成功后，再点击Generate。

配置需要选择合适的编译器，虽然我安装了VC2008，但没有配置成功；选择Unix Makefiles，配置成功，它自动找到了DevC++下的gcc.exe等编译器。

（3）在build3目录执行make，就能够编译生成Turorial.exe了。
D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step1/build3>make
Linking CXX executable Tutorial.exe
[100%] Built target Tutorial

D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step1/build3>Tutorial.exe
Tutorial.exe Version 1.0
Usage: Tutorial.exe number
D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step1/build3>Tutorial.exe 4
The square root of 4 is 2
2、Step2
把子目录编译为库，并且链接到最终的可执行文件。

include_directories ("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/MathFunctions")
add_subdirectory (MathFunctions) # 使得子目录MathFunctions也能被编译
# add the executable
add_executable (Tutorial tutorial.cxx)
target_link_libraries (Tutorial MathFunctions)
产生makefile：

在GUI上点击Configure，之后Generate还是灰色，再次点击Configure，Generate就可以点击了。

在build目录运行make，即可开始编译，但是开始会报告sh.exe运行异常，应该是Tools下的UnxUtils的sh.exe与Win7不兼容，发现有如下make文件，估计是它导致的，于是把它重命名，不使用UnxUtils下的make，就OK乐。

D:/Tools/CMD/UnxUtils/usr/local/wbin/make.exe

编译过程：
D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step2/build>make
[ 50%] Building CXX object MathFunctions/CMakeFiles/MathFunctions.dir/mysqrt.cxx
.obj
Linking CXX static library libMathFunctions.a
[ 50%] Built target MathFunctions
Linking CXX executable Tutorial.exe
[100%] Built target Tutorial

3、Step3

支持make install把程序安装到系统指定目录，并且运行一些测试检查它是否能够正常工作。

a、安装时使用的基础目录，由CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX指定。

b、可以通过一个很简单的用例检查程序是否运行起来，没有出现异常。（TurotialRuns只是一个用例名字）

add_test (TutorialRuns Tutorial 25)

c、macro方式进行多组数据的测试是非常简洁方便的。

#define a macro to simplify adding tests, then use it
macro (do_test arg result)
add_test (TutorialComp${arg} Tutorial ${arg})
set_tests_properties (TutorialComp${arg}
PROPERTIES PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION ${result})
endmacro (do_test)

# do a bunch of result based tests
do_test (25 "25 is 5")
do_test (-25 "-25 is 0")
执行make install：
D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step3/build>make install
[ 50%] "Built target MathFunctions"
[100%] "Built target Tutorial"
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: ""
-- Installing: C:/Program Files/Tutorial/bin/Tutorial.exe
-- Installing: C:/Program Files/Tutorial/include/TutorialConfig.h
-- Installing: C:/Program Files/Tutorial/bin/libMathFunctions.a
-- Installing: C:/Program Files/Tutorial/include/MathFunctions.h
安装结果：
C:/Program Files/Tutorial>tree /f
C:.
├─bin
│ libMathFunctions.a
│ Tutorial.exe
│
└─include
MathFunctions.h
TutorialConfig.h
执行make test：
D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step3/build>make test
Running tests...
Test project D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step3/build
Start 1: TutorialRuns
1/5 Test #1: TutorialRuns ..................... Passed 0.01 sec
Start 2: TutorialComp25
2/5 Test #2: TutorialComp25 ................... Passed 0.01 sec
Start 3: TutorialNegative
3/5 Test #3: TutorialNegative ................. Passed 0.01 sec
Start 4: TutorialSmall
4/5 Test #4: TutorialSmall .................... Passed 0.00 sec
Start 5: TutorialUsage
5/5 Test #5: TutorialUsage .................... Passed 0.00 sec

100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 5

Total Test time (real) = 0.13 sec
修改一个测试用例，让它不过：
修改顶层CMakeLists.txt，然后重新Configure和Generate，然后make test即可看到结果。
D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step3/build>make test
Running tests...
Test project D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step3/build
Start 1: TutorialRuns
1/5 Test #1: TutorialRuns ..................... Passed 0.01 sec
Start 2: TutorialComp25
2/5 Test #2: TutorialComp25 ...................***Failed Required regular expre
ssion not found.Regex=[25 is 3
] 0.01 sec
Start 3: TutorialNegative
3/5 Test #3: TutorialNegative ................. Passed 0.01 sec
Start 4: TutorialSmall
4/5 Test #4: TutorialSmall .................... Passed 0.01 sec
Start 5: TutorialUsage
5/5 Test #5: TutorialUsage .................... Passed 0.01 sec

80% tests passed, 1 tests failed out of 5

Total Test time (real) = 0.13 sec

The following tests FAILED:
2 - TutorialComp25 (Failed)
Errors while running CTest
make: *** [test] Error 8

4、Step4

检查系统是否支持log和exp函数。（log和exp都是数学运算函数）
检查方法：

（1）顶层配置中使用CheckFunctionExists.cmake
# does this system provide the log and exp functions?
include (CheckFunctionExists.cmake)
check_function_exists (log HAVE_LOG)
check_function_exists (exp HAVE_EXP)
（2）修改.in文件，定义宏。（修改TutorialConfig.h.in，cmake执行中会把宏定义为合适的值，生成TurorialConfig.h，供编译时使用）
// does the platform provide exp and log functions?
#cmakedefine HAVE_LOG
#cmakedefine HAVE_EXP

（3）在代码中使用宏和log函数等。

// if we have both log and exp then use them
#if defined (HAVE_LOG) && defined (HAVE_EXP)
result = exp(log(x)*0.5);
#else // otherwise use an iterative approach

Step4的完整配置、生成Makefile、编译、运行、安装、测试过程，参见最前面的“CMake使用步骤”。

5、Step5

动态生成源文件，自动把源文件编译进系统中。

# Build rule for target.
MakeTable: cmake_check_build_system
$(MAKE) -f CMakeFiles/Makefile2 MakeTable
.PHONY : MakeTable
再看Makefile2文件，找到出错时正在编译的目标。

# All Build rule for target.
MathFunctions/CMakeFiles/MakeTable.dir/all:
$(MAKE) -f MathFunctions/CMakeFiles/MakeTable.dir/build.make MathFunctions/CMakeFiles/MakeTable.dir/depend
$(MAKE) -f MathFunctions/CMakeFiles/MakeTable.dir/build.make MathFunctions/CMakeFiles/MakeTable.dir/build
$(CMAKE_COMMAND) -E cmake_progress_report D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step5/build/CMakeFiles 1
@echo "Built target MakeTable"
.PHONY : MathFunctions/CMakeFiles/MakeTable.dir/all
Make规则的执行顺序是按照命令的先后顺序：

如果Makefile内容如下：

all:
echo "First line."
echo "Second line."
那么make结果：
D:/Users/Desktop>make
echo "First line."
First line.
echo "Second line."
Second line.

由此，Built target MakeTable输出之后才失败的。

6、Step6

生成各种平台Windows/Ubuntu/etc.上的安装包，包括二进制安装包和源码安装包。

可以把依赖的系统库也打包。include (InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)

使用CPack。

由于Step1-7，后面一步的配置都包含了前面一步的配置，所以从Step5开始，就会遇到make的问题。

为了编译通过，可以修改MathFunctions目录下的CMakeLists.txt和mysqrt.cxx，去掉所有对Table.h 的依赖。

运行make package可以生成安装包：

第一次，因为没有安装nsis，提示如下问题：
D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step6/build>make package
[ 50%] "Built target MathFunctions"
[100%] "Built target Tutorial"
Run CPack packaging tool...
CPack Error: Cannot find NSIS registry value. This is usually caused by NSIS not
being installed. Please install NSIS from http://nsis.sourceforge.net
CPack Error: Cannot initialize the generator NSIS
make: *** [package] Error 1

安装NSIS之后，运行成功：
D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step6/build>make package
[ 50%] "Built target MathFunctions"
[100%] "Built target Tutorial"
Run CPack packaging tool...
CPack: Create package using NSIS
CPack: Install projects
CPack: - Run preinstall target for: Tutorial
CPack: - Install project: Tutorial
CPack: Compress package
CPack: Finalize package
CPack: Package D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step6/build/T
utorial-1.0.1-win32.exe generated.

生成了如下的Windows安装包文件：

安装完成后，还可以很方便的卸载它：

运行make package_source可以产生源代码包。（我的电脑上提示找不到合适的zip程序）
D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step6/build>make package_sou
rce
Run CPack packaging tool for source...
CPack Error: Cannot find a suitable ZIP program
CPack Error: Cannot initialize the generator ZIP
make: *** [package_source] Error 1

把结果发布到dashboard。
下面网址是一个公开的dashboard：
http://www.cdash.org/CDash/index.php?project=PublicDashboard

dashboard上显示的项目名称通过如下方式设置：

需要先把cmake/bin目录加入path中，然后执行ctest -D Experimental。这里遇到了一个错误。

D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step7/build>ctest -D Experim
ental
Site: JELLY-PC2
Build name: Win32-make
Create new tag: 20100521-1833 - Experimental
Configure project
Each . represents 1024 bytes of output
. Size of output: 0K
Build project
Each symbol represents 1024 bytes of output.
‘!‘ represents an error and ‘*‘ a warning.
. Size of output: 0K
0 Compiler errors
0 Compiler warnings
Test project D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutorial/Step7/build
Start 1: TutorialRuns
1/9 Test #1: TutorialRuns ..................... Passed 0.01 sec
Start 2: TutorialUsage
2/9 Test #2: TutorialUsage .................... Passed 0.01 sec
Start 3: TutorialComp4
3/9 Test #3: TutorialComp4 .................... Passed 0.01 sec
Start 4: TutorialComp9
4/9 Test #4: TutorialComp9 .................... Passed 0.01 sec
Start 5: TutorialComp5
5/9 Test #5: TutorialComp5 .................... Passed 0.01 sec
Start 6: TutorialComp7
6/9 Test #6: TutorialComp7 .................... Passed 0.01 sec
Start 7: TutorialComp25
7/9 Test #7: TutorialComp25 ................... Passed 0.01 sec
Start 8: TutorialComp-25
8/9 Test #8: TutorialComp-25 .................. Passed 0.01 sec
Start 9: TutorialComp0.0001
9/9 Test #9: TutorialComp0.0001 ............... Passed 0.01 sec
100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 9
Total Test time (real) = 0.19 sec
Performing coverage
Cannot find any coverage files. Ignoring Coverage request.
Submit files (using http)
Using HTTP submit method
Drop site:http://
Error when uploading file: D:/Projects/Lab/testngpp/cmake-2.8.1/Tests/Tutoria
l/Step7/build/Testing/20100521-1833/Build.xml
Error message was: couldn‘t connect to host
Problems when submitting via HTTP
Errors while running CTest

产生了如下一些文件：