1 .. cmake-manual-description: CMake Environment Variables Reference
10 This page lists environment variables that have special
13 For general information on environment variables, see the
14 :ref:`Environment Variables <CMake Language Environment Variables>`
15 section in the cmake-language manual.
17 Environment Variables that Change Behavior
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23 /envvar/CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
27 Environment Variables that Control the Build
28 ============================================
34 /envvar/CMAKE_APPLE_SILICON_PROCESSOR
35 /envvar/CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL
36 /envvar/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
37 /envvar/CMAKE_COLOR_DIAGNOSTICS
38 /envvar/CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES
39 /envvar/CMAKE_CONFIG_TYPE
40 /envvar/CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS
41 /envvar/CMAKE_GENERATOR
42 /envvar/CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE
43 /envvar/CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM
44 /envvar/CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET
45 /envvar/CMAKE_INSTALL_MODE
46 /envvar/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_LAUNCHER
47 /envvar/CMAKE_LANG_LINKER_LAUNCHER
48 /envvar/CMAKE_MSVCIDE_RUN_PATH
49 /envvar/CMAKE_NO_VERBOSE
50 /envvar/CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES
51 /envvar/CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
54 /envvar/MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
55 /envvar/PackageName_ROOT
58 Environment Variables for Languages
59 ===================================
65 /envvar/ASM_DIALECTFLAGS
87 Environment Variables for CTest
88 ===============================
93 /envvar/CMAKE_CONFIG_TYPE
94 /envvar/CTEST_INTERACTIVE_DEBUG_MODE
95 /envvar/CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE
96 /envvar/CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL
97 /envvar/CTEST_PROGRESS_OUTPUT
98 /envvar/CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS_DEFAULT
99 /envvar/DASHBOARD_TEST_FROM_CTEST
101 Environment Variables for the CMake curses interface
102 ====================================================
107 /envvar/CCMAKE_COLORS