[CMake] Installing only a library dll and not the .lib file

[Nils Gladitz]

On 24.05.2014 16:51, Rick McGuire wrote:
> Our project creates a number of dlls that get installed as part of the 
> core component and also has a development library that's an optional 
> install piece.  The .lib files only get installed if the development 
> library is selected.
>
> I'm able to get these pieces in different components by specifying the 
> component for both the LIBRARY and ARCHIVE destinations.  That seems 
> to work ok.  However, we don't want to include .lib files for all of 
> the dlls in the development kit, only those that implement official 
> APIs of the product.  If I omit the ARCHIVE designation on the 
> install() command, I get the following error:
>
>
> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:887 (install):
>   install Library TARGETS given no DESTINATION!
>
> How can I install just the .dll file, or failing that cause the 
> ARCHIVE file portion of the install to end up in a bit-bucket so that 
> NSIS never physically installs it?
>

SHARED libraries on Windows have a RUNTIME (.dll) and ARCHIVE (.lib) 
portion.
You can omit one but not both.

On Windows the LIBRARY destination is only used for MODULE libraries.

Nils