Hi all! We have been migrating our buildsystem to CMake and are trying to use the `install` command to deploy different parts of the software. However `make install` also installs artifacts from our dependencies, internal as well as 3rd party, that are unnecessary/unwanted.
Is there a native way to exclude certain subdirectories or build targets from the install set? The only solution I could think of is to manually add an option, e.g.: option(${TARGET_NAME}_INSTALL on "") # on by default if(${TARGET_NAME}_INSTALL) install(...) endif() Maybe the culprit is also that we are using find_path and add_subdirectory to add any internal dependencies we have to the build tree - I am starting to think that this is a mistake. I have read about ExternalProject - but I am unsure whether this is the correct way to go about it but it does allow modification of another build. How do you guys solve this issue, how can I define which dependencies I want installed? I really want to avoid writing a shellscript to filter out any unwanted stuff. Best Regards and thank you in advance! Gordon -- Gordon Koefner - Software Engineer VIRES Simulationstechnologie GmbH A Member of the MSC.Software Group of Companies Grassinger Strasse 8 ▪ 83043 Bad Aibling ▪ Germany Phone: +49.8061.939093-54 Fax: +49.8061.939093-13 Email: gordon.koef...@vires.com Internet: www.vires.com VIRES Simulationstechnologie GmbH, Firmensitz: Grassinger Strasse 8, D-83043 Bad Aibling Registergericht: Traunstein - HRB 10410, Geschäftsführer: Marius Dupuis Email Disclaimer: https://vires.com/e-mail-disclaimer/ -- 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: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake