cmake_minimum_required(VERSION ${CMAKE_VERSION}) include(ExternalProject) ExternalProject_Add(BAR URL https://cmake.org/bar.tar.gz) ExternalProject_Add(FOO URL https://cmake.org/foo.tar.gz STEP_TARGETS update) ExternalProject_Add_Step(FOO do_something COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "Doing something") ExternalProject_Add_Step(FOO do_something_else COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "Doing something else") ExternalProject_Add_StepTargets(FOO do_something) # download and do_something_else are not targets, but the file-level # dependency are set. ExternalProject_Add_StepDependencies(FOO download BAR) ExternalProject_Add_StepDependencies(FOO do_something_else BAR) # update and do_something are targets, therefore both file-level and # target-level dependencies are set. ExternalProject_Add_StepDependencies(FOO update BAR) ExternalProject_Add_StepDependencies(FOO do_something BAR)