[CMake] Adding external executable

[Manoj Vaghela]

Hi Eric, David,

Thanks for your valuable suggestions. I am right now copying Qt libraries
(libQtCore, libQtGui, libQtOpenGL) manually using INSTALL( FILE ... )
command.

I installed latest version of CMake which enables DeployQt4 facility. It
will be very helpful if you give a small 4-5 lines of example which copies
the required Qt libraries by default to my install directory.

I looked at the example link Eric provided, but could not succeed
implementing it.

Thanks to both of you.

--
regards,
Manoj

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:10 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> You should really take Eric's previous advice if you're building a Qt
> application:
>
> "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/
> "
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 4:25 AM, Manoj Vaghela <manoj.vaghela at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Dear Eric,
> >
> > Thank you very much for your quick reply.
> >
> > INSTALL( PROGRAMS ... ) worked fine.
> > If I am using this, I also do not need to specify any IMPORTED related
> > stuff.
> >
> > As my understanding now, the following lines are sufficient for creating
> > pack.
> >
> > INSTALL( TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE_NAME} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR} ) // For
> > Executable from the current CMakeLists.txt
> >
> > INSTALL( PROGRAMS ${EXTERNAL_EXE} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR} ) // For
> > including external executable in the archive
> >
> > INSTALL( FILES LIB1 LIB2 DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR} ) // For libraries
> > (current or external) or any other files
> >
> > A few clarifications required:
> >
> > For an application using Qt libraries, should I pack the related Qt
> > libraries (QtCore, QtGui, QtOpenGL) ?? or not ?? If I am giving this to
> > somebody, I should include them or ask them to install on their machine ?
> >
> > Also, what is the preferred path or tree for installing package? When
> RPM is
> > installed, will it automatically be included in the $PATH or I have to
> do it
> > someway?
> >
> > Thanks once again.
> >
> > --
> > regards,
> > Manoj
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Eric Noulard <eric.noulard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 2012/11/9 Manoj Vaghela <manoj.vaghela at gmail.com>:
> >> > Dear Eric,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your reply.
> >> >
> >> > When I am using INSTALL (FILES... ) for adding external executable to
> my
> >> > CMakeLists.txt file, it shows the executable file in the RPM archive.
> >> > But
> >> > it's execute permission is lost. What should I have to do for that?
> >> >
> >> > Also, ADD_EXECUTABLE( ... IMPORTED) did not work for me. I added this
> >> > line
> >> > but when archive is created, it did not include my executable in it.
> >>
> >> See my comment below:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > This is sample of my CMakeLists.txt
> >> > -----------------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > SET( CPACK_GENERATOR "RPM" )
> >> >
> >> > ##### MAIN EXE
> >> > SET( MAIN_EXE myExe)
> >> > ADD_EXECUTABLE(${MAIN_EXE} SOME_SOURCE_FILES )
> >> > SET( INSTALL_DIR "$ENV{HOME}/MANOJ" )
> >> > INSTALL( TARGETS ${MAIN_EXEC} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR} )
> >> >
> >> > ##### EXTERNAL EXE
> >> > SET( EXTERNAL_EXE "/home/manoj/EXTERNAL/a.out.exe" )
> >> > SET( IMPORTED_LOCATION ${EXTERNAL_EXE} )
> >> > ADD_EXECUTABLE( ${EXTERNAL_EXE} IMPORTED) // This does not pack the
> >> > executable
> >>
> >> Once the external executable is imported as a TARGET
> >> you have to install it:
> >> INSTALL( TARGETS  ${EXTERNAL_EXE}  DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR} )
> >>
> >> >
> >> > #INSTALL( FILES ${EXTERNAL_EXE} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR}) // This
> >> > packs,
> >> > but permissions lost
> >>
> >> My mistake for executable you should be using
> >> install(PROGRAMS files... DESTINATION <dir>
> >>                  [PERMISSIONS permissions...]
> >>                  [CONFIGURATIONS [Debug|Release|...]]
> >>                  [COMPONENT <component>]
> >>                  [RENAME <name>] [OPTIONAL])
> >>
> >> signature.
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> >
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