# Check out the library.
git clone https://github.com/google/benchmark.git
# Benchmark requires Google Test as a dependency. Add the source tree as a subdirectory.
git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git benchmark/googletest
# Go to the library root directory
cd benchmark
# Make a build directory to place the build output.
cmake -E make_directory "build"
# Generate build system files with cmake.
cmake -E chdir "build" cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
# or, starting with CMake 3.13, use a simpler form:
# cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S . -B "build"
# Build the library.
cmake --build "build" --config Release --parallel 4