Clion 2016.3: switch to "Release" configuration

Question

I updated to clion 2016.3 recently and noticed that I cannot choose between different configuration types anymore. With 2016.2 I had the choice between "Debug", "Release", "MinSizeRel" and "RelWithDebInfo", but now the only available option is "Debug".

Am I doing something wrong? Do I have to edit CMakeLists.txt in order to get different configuration types back?

Erickaericksen

Answer 1

CMake workflow changed in 2016.3. Read the linked blog post for details, but in a nutshell CLion no longer builds all 4 CMake configurations to save time and memory. You can configure the CMake configuration type in Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | CMake.

However, understanding that some of the users really used this kind of switch quite often and don't want to change CMake settings (and thus wait for CMake reload) each time, we are going to introduce a reworked ability to add extra CMake configurations. This will be on air together with 2016.3.* update (but not 2016.3.1).

Come

The feature to add additionally CMake configurations will be part of the next release (2016.3.2). See this blog post for details: blog.jetbrains.com/clion/2016/12/clion-2016-3-2-eap – Erickaericksen

please update this comment with the up to date information. – Patron

The current behavior seems to require us to create the configuration manually, but I am not sure how to do this correctly and I couldn't find an easy way. jetbrains.com/help/clion/… – Mcardle

Answer 2

For newer versions: Go to File --> Settings --> Build, Execution, Deployment --> CMake. Now click the "+" symbol, this should automatically add a Release profile (and, if you press "+" again, a Release with Debug Information profile).

After this, you can switch between Release and Debug in the Configurations section in the top-right of the window.

Mccallion

I don't see any button that would allow me to switch between Release and Debug in the top-right of the window. – Mullah

@Mullah I've added an image of what the menu looks like. – Mccallion

Thank you, now I know what you mean and where the entries should appear. In my case there is only one, but apparently the cmake configuration fails for the other and that is the reason. – Mullah

Answer 3

As of CLion 2017.2 you can edit idea/workspace.xml to restore the old workflow.

Add the Release configuration (<configuration CONFIG_NAME="Release" />) in the configurations block so it looks like this:

<component name="CMakeSettings">
  <configurations>
    <configuration CONFIG_NAME="Debug" />
    <configuration CONFIG_NAME="Release" />
  </configurations>
</component>

Now you can switch again.

Sniff

Is this still the only way to achieve this? Is there no simpler way via the UI? What also bothers me is that I have to do this on a per project basis... – Mcardle

Answer 4

Give you a solution in cmake-gui: Please check the "CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES" option

If not find the option,select the "Advanced" option.

Vail