To build BitMagic C++ using make: cmake .. make A few other variants to configure build for platform specific optimizations: cmake -DBMOPTFLAGS:STRING=BMSSE2OPT .. cmake -DBMOPTFLAGS:STRING=BMSSE42OPT .. cmake -DBMOPTFLAGS:STRING=BMAVX2OPT .. cmake -DBMOPTFLAGS:STRING=none .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release