>> 1) The default install directory on Windows is C:\Program Files, or
>> C:\Program Files (x86) on 64 bit. ?This default will not work on
>> Windows 7 (and perhaps Vista), because the user isn't running as
>> administrator anymore, and only administrators can modify that
>> directory. ?There should probably be a warning to that effect on
>> windows systems; otherwise, there are painful ways to run install, but
>> they are painful.
>
>Most developers run as administrator so I don't think there should be a
>warning.
As a matter of fact, most developers do NOT run as administrator on Win7 and
Vista; default users start with a split security token and you have to elevate
permissions to write to the 'program files' directory. The only way around
this is to turn off UAC; that's an individual decision whether one feels safe
doing that.
I would also like to see the default install directory for cmake change. In
the meantime, I have my cmake script itself change the default:
# On windows, it's convenient to change the default install prefix such that it
does NOT point to 'program files'
if( WIN32 AND CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT )
set( CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/install" CACHE
PATH "Install path prefix, prepended onto install directories" FORCE )
endif( )
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