Using local makefile for CLion instead of CMake

Question

Is there a way to configure CLion to use a local makefile to compile code, rather than CMake? I can\'t seem to find the way to do it from the build options.

Answer 1

Newest version has better support literally for any generated Makefiles, through the compiledb

Three steps:

1. install compiledb

   pip install compiledb
   

2. run a dry make

   compiledb -n make 
   

   (do the autogen, configure if needed)

3. there will be a compile_commands.json file generated open the project and you will see CLion will load info from the json file. If you your CLion still try to find CMakeLists.txt and cannot read compile_commands.json, try to remove the entire folder, re-download the source files, and redo step 1,2,3

Orignal post: Working with Makefiles in CLion using Compilation DB