How can I run many C++ source files in one CLion project? - c++

Question

I am using CLion as an IDE. When I create a project a main.cpp is automatically added. I would like to add 30-40 cpp files in a project and keep them as one project. Basically, I just wanna create many .cpp files in one folder and make CLion run them. I can do this in Pycharm by simply creating a project and add as many .py files as I want. But when I want to do this on CLion I got an error. Is it possible to add many .cpp files in a project in CLion, if yes, how can I do that?
An error could be seen in the below. I added a second.cpp to the project and run and this error message appears.
====================[ Build | trial | Debug ]===================================
/Applications/CLion.app/Contents/bin/cmake/mac/bin/cmake --build /Users/mertsaner/CLionProjects/trial/cmake-build-debug --target trial -- -j 6
Scanning dependencies of target trial
[ 66%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/trial.dir/main.cpp.o
[ 66%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/trial.dir/second.cpp.o
[100%] Linking CXX executable trial
duplicate symbol '_main' in:
CMakeFiles/trial.dir/main.cpp.o
CMakeFiles/trial.dir/second.cpp.o
ld: 1 duplicate symbol for architecture arm64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[3]: *** [trial] Error 1
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/trial.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/trial.dir/rule] Error 2
make: *** [trial] Error 2

Answer 1

Clion uses Cmake. If you want to create multiple executable files for eg with names (ex1.cpp, ex2.cpp. ex3.cpp) in one directory, you will do something like this in the CMake file of your directory.
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)
project(some_project)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
add_executable(executable1 ex1.cpp)
add_executable(executable2 ex2.cpp)
add_executable(executable3 ex3.cpp)
and so on..