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Paths to be installed under the temporary directory. Project’s cache value for CPACK_INSTALL_PREFIX, and setĭESTDIR to the temporary staging area. doesnt work is that CMake expects this to be a CMake (Cache-)variable, not a environment variable' - Actually, CMake checks both variables, CMake one and environment one. If theĬPACK_SET_DESTDIR option is on, CPack will use the This canīe changed by setting CPACK_SET_DESTDIR to on. Once the install commands have been added to a project, enablingĬPack in the simplest case is done by including the CPack.cmake fileīy default CPack does not use the DESTDIR option during theĬMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to the full path of the temporaryĭirectory being used by CPack to stage the install package. CPack installs the software into a temporary directory, andĬopies the install tree into the format of the native packaging Basically, executables should be able to find data or otherįiles using relative paths to the location of where it is Software itself, and there are many techniques to do that forĭifferent environments that go beyond the scope of thisīook. The next step is to make sure the software is relocatableĪnd can run in an installed tree. Go into the correct directory structure with the correct Setting up install commands, the first step is to make sure the files Tied to the install commands working correctly for a project. With source packages, CPack makes a copy of the source tree andĬreates a zip or tar file. For many of the other installers, native tools must be present Library version of tar and does not require tar to be installed on the For simple tar based packages, CPack includes a Generator written in C++ that is used to run the native tool andĬreate the package. For each type of packaging tool supported, there is a CPack The implementation of CPack works in a similar way Using NullSoft installer NSIS or WiX, Mac OS X PackageMaker tool, OS X DragĪnd Drop, OS X X11 Drag and Drop, Cygwin Setup packages, Debian Currently CPack supports the creation of Windows installers Packaging tools, rather it provides a single interface to a variety of CPack works in much the same way asĬMake does for building software. Another more powerful approach is to use CPack, included inĬPack is a tool included with CMake, it can be used to create However, the DESTDIR approach falls short on Windows, simplyīecause path names typically start with a drive letter (C:/) and youĬannot simply prefix one full path with another and get a valid path Location, then to tar or zip up that directory and move it to another The most basic way to do this is to use the DESTDIRĮnvironment variable to install the software into a temporary

For these cases, what is needed is a way toīuild the software on one machine, and then move the install tree to aĭifferent machine. Source, or it may take a long time to compile, or in the case of anĮnd user application, the users may not have the skill or the tools toīuild the application. Tutorial examples are progressive so that each step provides the completeĮnable_testing() # does the application run add_test( NAME Runs COMMAND Tutorial 25 ) # does the usage message work? add_test( NAME Usage COMMAND Tutorial ) set_tests_properties( Usage PROPERTIES PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION 'Usage.Users of your software may not always want to, or be able to, build Its own subdirectory containing code that may be used as a starting point. Help/guide/tutorial directory of the CMake source code tree. The tutorialĭocumentation and source code for examples can be found in the Work together in an example project can be very helpful. The CMake tutorial provides a step-by-step guide that covers common build Packaging Debug and Release (MultiPackage) Adding a Version Number and Configured Header FileĪdding Usage Requirements for Library (Step 3)Īdding a Custom Command and Generated File (Step 6)

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