c++cmake

Setting default compiler in CMake

I'm using CMake version 2.8 on WinXP SP3. Whenever i run my CMakeLists script by default CMake use Visual Studio 10 compiler. I've tried to do:

SET( CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "C:/MinGW/bin/g++" )

without success. How can i set MinGW as my default compiler so that i do not have to worry about setting compiler in the CMakeLists?

Solution

  • With CMake version 3.15 or later, you can set the CMAKE_GENERATOR environment variable to specify the default generator to be used on your system.