On Monday 04 February 2013, David Cole wrote: > The OpenChemistry project ( https://github.com/OpenChemistry/openchemistry > ) is a very good example of a SuperBuild project that builds all of its > external dependencies via ExternalProject, and then all of its git > submodules ("internal dependencies" perhaps ?) also via ExternalProject. > > They use CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH both as a place to install all of the built > components, and as a place for find_package to find stuff that was built > by a previous ExternalProject_Add call. > > Study how they do stuff in their CMakeLists files and then get back to us > here with more questions.
one thing I had trouble with is related to the install step. With externalProject the install step happens at build time. If shared libraries are involved, the install destination should be the correct and final install destination, so that the RPATH of using projects will point to the correct location. This means that at build time I need to have the permissions to write to the final install destination (e.g. /opt/), i.e. typically root. Is this correct or am I missing something ? Alex -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
