How to install nmake in windows

Question

While I'm trying to run cmake on windows, I get the error that nmake cannot be found. It is to my understanding that nmake is the default build control software to use in windows but I haven't found any resources on how to download it and use it.

I am only interested in using vscode so I will prefer if I don't have to install Visual Studio.

Answer 1

you can use the command: cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" [folder]

-G means choosing generator.

[folder] is the folder where your CMakeLists.txt is located.

MinGW can be changed to Unix or others. It's depends on which generators you have.