How to change the build type to Release mode in cmake?

Question

I am trying to build a project in Release mode. By default it is built in debug mode. I am setting the variable CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to \"Release\" in CMakeLi

Answer 1

I checked it with Visual Studio 2015 and cmake 3.3 .

Short answer

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cmake --build {BUILD_DIR_PATH} --target ALL_BUILD --config {BUILD_TYPE}

Example

cmake --build . --target ALL_BUILD --config Release

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Long answer

cmake -G{GENERATOR_NAME} -B{BUILD_DIR_PATH} -H{SOURCE_DIR_PATH}

cmake --build {BUILD_DIR_PATH} --target ALL_BUILD --config {BUILD_TYPE}

Example

cmake -GVisual Studio 14 -Bbuild/win32/x86 -H.    

cmake --build build/win32/x86 --target ALL_BUILD --config Release

Additional info

• "-G" - specifies the generator name

• "-B" - specifies path to the build folder

• "-H" - specifies path to the source folder