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Stephen Rasku
Stephen Rasku

Reputation: 2682

CMake ignores library_output_name

I have a simple CMakeLists.txt file:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.9) project (sample)

add_library(Shared SHARED foo.c)
set_target_properties(Shared PROPERTIES library_output_name libdemo.so.1.2.3)

I want my library to be called libdemo.so.1.2.3 but it is being called libShared.so. How can I get this file to name the library as I want? Since I want to add a static version of the same library I don't just want to change the add_library()directive since the static library will have the same name with just a different extension.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1917

Answers (2)

milahu
milahu

Reputation: 3599

set LIBRARY_OUTPUT_NAME for shared libraries

set OUTPUT_NAME for static libraries

sample code from ShivaVG

# create object
add_library(ShivaVG_objlib OBJECT
  ${libShivaVG_SOURCES})
set_property(TARGET ShivaVG_objlib
  PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE 1)

# create library (static)
add_library(ShivaVGStatic
  STATIC $<TARGET_OBJECTS:ShivaVG_objlib>)
set_target_properties(ShivaVGStatic
  PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ShivaVG)

# create library (shared)
add_library(ShivaVGShared
  SHARED $<TARGET_OBJECTS:ShivaVG_objlib>)
target_link_libraries(ShivaVGShared
  ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES} ${GLEW_LIBRARIES} -lm)
set_target_properties(ShivaVGShared
  PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_NAME ShivaVG)

this will produce ShivaVG.so and ShivaVG.a

Upvotes: 1

Stephen Rasku
Stephen Rasku

Reputation: 2682

Changing set_target_properties() line to be:

set_target_properties(Shared PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_NAME demo.so.1.2.3)

solves the problem.

No error is generated by the previous method but it silently ignores the line.

Upvotes: 3

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