If you see a CMakeLists.txt in the source tree, and there is no documentation on how to compile, the following ususally works relative to the directory with the CMakeLists.txt:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../

If cmake does not find certain include dirs on it's own, and you don't want to start editing cmake config files, you can expand the list of directories to search for include files when running cmake.

cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-isystem\ /path/to/my/include <path to my sources>

Source:stack overflow - Adding include directories to CMake when calling it from the command line

cmake -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS="-fstack-protector" /path/to/source

Source: stack overlfow - How can I add linker flag for libraries with CMake?

cmake -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-lm"

When compiling C++:

cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-lm"

Source:stack overflow - How do I add a linker or compile flag in a CMake file?