CheckLanguage — CMake 3.25.2 Documentation

# CheckLanguage

Check if a language can be enabled

Usage:

    check_language(<lang>)

where `<lang>` is a language that may be passed to `enable_language()` such as `Fortran`. If `CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER` is already defined the check does nothing. Otherwise it tries enabling the language in a test project. The result is cached in `CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER` as the compiler that was found, or `NOTFOUND` if the language cannot be enabled. For CUDA which can have an explicit host compiler, the cache `CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER` variable will be set if it was required for compilation (and cleared if it was not).

Example:

    check_language(Fortran)
    if(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER)
      enable_language(Fortran)
    else()
      message(STATUS "No Fortran support")
    endif()