[CMake] Adding external executable

[Eric Noulard]

2012/11/9 Manoj Vaghela <manoj.vaghela at gmail.com>:
> Hi cmake,
>
> I have just started learning use of CPack for my application.
>
> I have an application which uses Qt and other third party libraries.
>
> In CMakeLists.txt,
>
> For adding libraries of external package, I used
> INSTALL( FILES Lib1 lib2 DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR} )
>
> For installing target generated from this CMakeLists.txt,
> INSTALL( TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE_NAME} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR} )
>
> Here, while installing TARGETS, I want to add an executable of external
> package.
> When I included it with the above INSTALL, it says that "install TARGETS
> given target "some/path/exe" which does not  exist in this directory."

INSTALL(TARGETS ...)
signature is only for *targets* which are build or imported by your
current project.
IMPORTED target may be defined using

add_executable(... IMPORTED)
or
add_library(... IMPORTED)

If you want to install other file/executable you can use:
INSTALL(FILE ...)

reading the builtin doc will certainly help you

cmake --help-command add_library
cmake --help-command add_executable
cmake --help-command install


> I want to do it without copying in to the CMakeLists.txt folder. Is there
> any other way?

see above.

> Also, can somebody throw some light on while making package, which type of
> libraries should I include ?? SHARED or STATIC ??

This is not really a packaging choice.
If your executable use shared lib then you should include those.
Putting STATIC libs in your package usually means your package is offering
the use of those libs to the user.

Concerning including Qt libs in your installer you shoud find many
reference of this
on the ML list archive.

A good starting point may be Mike's blog entry on DeployQt4 as well:
http://mikemcquaid.com/2012/01/04/deploying-qt-applications-with-deployqt4/
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