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Installing Projects on the System

Installing Projects on the System

Let's learn how to install our project on the system.

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CMake offers following command-line mode that installs built projects on the system:

cmake --install <dir> [<options>]

<dir> is the path to the generated build tree (required). Our <options> are as follows:

  • --config <cfg>: This picks the build configuration for a multi-configuration generator.

  • --component <comp>: This limits the installation to the given component.

  • --default-directory-permissions <permissions>: This sets the default permissions for the installed directories (in <u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx> format).

  • --prefix <prefix>: This specifies the non-default installation path (stored in the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable). It defaults to /usr/local for Unix-like systems and c:/Program Files/${PROJECT_NAME} for Windows. ...