Several projects in one solution with cmake and visual studio

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I have a Visual Studio 2010 solution with 5 projects in it, two libraries and three applications (that depend on the libraries). I would now like to migrate the build system to CMake (to also be able to compile under Linux).

I've already found out how to write a CMakeLists.txt for one project and create a .sln file out of it that compiles in VS. However, I can't find a solution to specify in a CMake file each individual projects and then automatically let CMake create a VS .sln with those 5 projects in it.

How do I have to structure my projects and CMakelists to accomplish this?

Its not that hard, you have to declare each library and each executable. it can be in separate subdirectories. I recommend looking at some open source projects and their CMake files. (for example [this](https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt) ) — Mohammad, Jun 25 '12 at 19:36

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 19 '23 at 20:20

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For each library, call add_library, for each application call add_executable.

edited Jan 19 '23 at 20:20

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answered Jun 25 '12 at 19:38

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '12 at 19:38

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Every cmake call to add_library or add_executable creates a new project in your solution.

answered Jun 25 '12 at 19:38

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Several projects in one solution with cmake and visual studio

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