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<span id="command:add_dependencies"></span><h1>add_dependencies<a class="headerlink" href="#add-dependencies" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
<p>Add a dependency between top-level targets.</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">add_dependencies(</span><span class="nv">&lt;target&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nv">&lt;target-dependency&gt;</span><span class="p">]...</span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span>
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<p>Makes a top-level <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;target&gt;</span></code> depend on other top-level targets to
ensure that they build before <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;target&gt;</span></code> does. A top-level target
is one created by one of the <span class="target" id="index-0-command:add_executable"></span><a class="reference internal" href="add_executable.html#command:add_executable" title="add_executable"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_executable()</span></code></a>,
<span class="target" id="index-0-command:add_library"></span><a class="reference internal" href="add_library.html#command:add_library" title="add_library"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_library()</span></code></a>, or <span class="target" id="index-0-command:add_custom_target"></span><a class="reference internal" href="add_custom_target.html#command:add_custom_target" title="add_custom_target"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_custom_target()</span></code></a> commands
(but not targets generated by CMake like <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">install</span></code>).</p>
<p>Dependencies added to an <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.html#imported-targets"><span class="std std-ref">imported target</span></a>
or an <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.html#interface-libraries"><span class="std std-ref">interface library</span></a> are followed
transitively in its place since the target itself does not build.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.3: </span>Allow adding dependencies to interface libraries.</p>
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<p>See the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DEPENDS</span></code> option of <span class="target" id="index-1-command:add_custom_target"></span><a class="reference internal" href="add_custom_target.html#command:add_custom_target" title="add_custom_target"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_custom_target()</span></code></a> and
<span class="target" id="index-0-command:add_custom_command"></span><a class="reference internal" href="add_custom_command.html#command:add_custom_command" title="add_custom_command"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_custom_command()</span></code></a> commands for adding file-level
dependencies in custom rules. See the <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_sf:OBJECT_DEPENDS"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_sf/OBJECT_DEPENDS.html#prop_sf:OBJECT_DEPENDS" title="OBJECT_DEPENDS"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_sf docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OBJECT_DEPENDS</span></code></a>
source file property to add file-level dependencies to object files.</p>
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