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Reputation: 23

CMAKE does not create INSTALL project in Visual Studio

I am trying to compile a Library using CMAKE-gui 3.0.2 and Visual Studio express 2013. Everything seems to be fine during the configuration/generation process in cmake-gui, as I am able to set the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable to the path in which I want to have my library installed. And I got no errors during configuration and generation.

I then open the generated .sln file in which I can build the ALL_BUILD target, which runs smoothly with no errors and no targets skipped.

However, the INSTALL target is simply not present in the Solution Explorer, therefore I really do not have any idea on how to install the library. Upon further inspection, I noticed that cmake did create a file called cmake_install.cmake, but I don't know what should I do with it.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2443

Answers (1)

Angew is no longer proud of SO
Angew is no longer proud of SO

Reputation: 171097

CMake will only generate the INSTALL target when there is actually anything to install. It would seem you have no install() commands in your project.

Presence of the variable CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX does not imply anything - the variable is always present, and is used to control the installation destination when there is anything to install.

Likewise, the file cmake_install.cmake is always created; but if you inspect it, you'll find it's basically a no-op in your case (probably just some messages, setting CMake variables and possibly creating a manifest which is not used for anything).

Upvotes: 5

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