1CMAKE_GENERATOR 2--------------- 3 4The generator used to build the project. See :manual:`cmake-generators(7)`. 5 6The name of the generator that is being used to generate the build 7files. (e.g. ``Unix Makefiles``, ``Ninja``, etc.) 8 9The value of this variable should never be modified by project code. 10A generator may be selected via the :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-G`` option, 11interactively in :manual:`cmake-gui(1)`, or via the :envvar:`CMAKE_GENERATOR` 12environment variable. 13