Re: [CMake] Install path for package files

[Johannes Zarl]

As is also written in the stackoverflow answer, this information can be found 
in the cmake documentation for find_package[1]:

 prefix/   (W)
 prefix/(cmake|CMake)/ (W)
 prefix/name*/   (W)
 prefix/name*/(cmake|CMake)/ (W)
 prefix/(lib/arch|lib|share)/cmake/name*/  (U)
 prefix/(lib/arch|lib|share)/name*/(U)
 prefix/(lib/arch|lib|share)/name*/(cmake|CMake)/  (U)
 
 On systems supporting OS X Frameworks and Application Bundles the following
 directories are searched for frameworks or bundles containing a
 configuration file: prefix/name.framework/Resources/  
  (A)
 prefix/name.framework/Resources/CMake/  (A)
 prefix/name.framework/Versions/*/Resources/ (A)
 prefix/name.framework/Versions/*/Resources/CMake/   (A)
 prefix/name.app/Contents/Resources/ (A)
 prefix/name.app/Contents/Resources/CMake/   (A)

Just use any directory based on your target platform and you're fine.

[1] http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/command/find_package.html

HTH,
  Johannes

On Friday, 3. October 2014, 12:22:57, Alexander Lamaison wrote:
 Noah Roberts roberts.n...@gmail.com
 writes:
 
 snip
 
  I gather I need to create a BlahModule.cmake file that implements the
  package finding stuff.  I want to install this wherever cmake will find
  it.  I don't want to put it in some place in the system and then expect
  dependent CMakeLists.txt files to set that path when using
  find_package.
 
 snip
 
  So what is the variable I use in the install() function for the
  DESTINATION parameter to do this?  I assume there must be one...  I
  can't seem to find it in the documentation though.
 
 Me neither.  This answer [1] lists the places that CMake looks for the
 BlahConfig.cmake file so on Unix it's fairly simple.  Set the
 DESTINATION to 'lib' which will install it to
 /usr/local/lib/BlahConfig.cmake where, presumable, find_package will
 locate it.  I don't understand how this is meant to work on Windows,
 though.  How is CMake meant to know which root to start thee search
 under?
 
 [1] http://stackoverflow.com/a/11965673/67013
 
 Alex

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[CMake] Install path for package files

[Noah Roberts]

So when I make a library that I want to be findable with cmake, I'd like
the cpack system to work such that the module file is installed into the
cmake module search path unless specified otherwise.

I gather I need to create a BlahModule.cmake file that implements the
package finding stuff.  I want to install this wherever cmake will find
it.  I don't want to put it in some place in the system and then expect
dependent CMakeLists.txt files to set that path when using find_package.  I
want find_package to just work unless the user screws with it, and then
assume they know what they're doing.

So what is the variable I use in the install() function for the DESTINATION
parameter to do this?  I assume there must be one...  I can't seem to find
it in the documentation though.

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