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About CMAKE Files

A .cmake file is a configuration file that contains instructions used by CMake to configure and prepare a software project for building. CMAKE files contain commands, variables, and other settings that control how CMake manages the project, such as which source files to include, which libraries the project needs, and how to build the resulting program.

Kitware originally developed CMake in the early 2000s, and it became widely used to manage software projects written in languages, such as C and C++. Developers use CMake to organize projects and generate build files for different development environments and operating systems, making it useful for cross-platform software development and open-source projects. You may encounter .cmake files when compiling software from source code, maintaining C or C++ projects, working with open-source projects, or configuring a project for a particular development environment.

You can open and view the contents of a .cmake file with a source code editor or plain text editor. However, to use the instructions in the file to configure a software project, you generally need CMake or a compatible development environment.