Install Step The INSTALL_DIR is underneath the calling project’s binary directory. Use INSTALL_DIR to specify a different location. Note that in addition to setting INSTALL_DIR, you also have to pass -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX or --prefix to the CMake or configure command. It is not used automatically in the configure step since not all projects follow this convention.
From http://www.kitware.com/media/html/BuildingExternalProjectsWithCMake2.8.html On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 5:44 AM, David Cole via CMake <cmake@cmake.org> wrote: > You need to tell eigen where to install, probably as an argument to its > configure step. If it builds with CMake, you can use: > > -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR> > > as one of the CMake args. If it has a non-CMake configure step, you'll have > to call that and pass in <INSTALL_DIR> as an argument. > > > HTH, > David C. > > > On Thursday, April 9, 2015, Cedric Doucet <cedric.dou...@inria.fr> wrote: >> >> >> Hello! >> >> I try to download, extract, configure, build and install a library with >> CMake. >> My CMakeLists.txt contains the following lines: >> >> cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6) >> project (example CXX) >> set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON) >> include(ExternalProject) >> include(ProcessorCount) >> ProcessorCount(N) >> if(NOT N EQUAL 0) >> set(CMAKE_BUILD_FLAGS -j${N}) >> endif() >> ExternalProject_Add(eigen >> PREFIX third_party >> DOWNLOAD_DIR third_party/eigen/download >> SOURCE_DIR third_party/eigen/src >> BINARY_DIR third_party/eigen/build >> INSTALL_DIR third_party/eigen/install >> DOWNLOAD_COMMAND wget >> http://bitbucket.org/eigen/eigen/get/3.2.4.tar.gz && tar xvzf 3.2.4.tar.gz >> -C ../src --strip-components=1 >> ) >> >> In this example, the installation step fails with the following error >> message: >> >> CMake Error at cmake_install.cmake:38 (FILE): >> file cannot create directory: /usr/local/include/eigen3. Maybe need >> administrative privileges. >> >> It means that the value of INSTALL_DIR is not taken into account during >> the configuration process. >> >> Why? What am I do wrong? >> >> Thank you very much for your help. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Cédric Doucet >> -- >> >> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: >> http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ >> >> Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more >> information on each offering, please visit: >> >> CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html >> CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html >> CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake > > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
