CMake是一个跨平台的安装（编译）工具

//整理by RobinKin （王亮）

CMake is a cross platform build manager. It was developed to support a single input describing a build process that works on all platforms. However, instead of taking over the build process, it simply generates input for the native build tools. CMake can generate microsoft project files and various makefile formats for UNIX and Windows. With Visual Studio 6, 7, and 7.1 all having different project formats, CMake can be used to maintain support for all three versions in your project. In addition to porting the build system, CMake can be used to test the compiler for supported C++ features. CMake supports a full try/compile try/run system much like autoconf on UNIX. This will allow your code to take advantage of the supported features of the language as they become available.
Background
CMake is an Open Source project that has been in develpment for the past three years. For more information about CMake, see http://www.cmake.org/. Full source code for CMake can be downloaded from the the CMake homepage as well.

CMake是一个跨平台的安装（编译）工具，可以用简单的语句来描述所有平台的安装（编译过程）。它能够输出 各种格式的 makefile或者project文件， 能测试编译器所支持的C++特性，类似UNIX下的auotconf.
它是一个开源软件，已经被开发了许多年。具体信息可以看 http://www.cmake.org/