[CMake] CPACK NSIS to install my app under a prefix

[Clinton Stimpson]

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Dat Chu wrote:
> I added
> set(CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX "MyPrefix")
> and now I get
> Project : error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from
> "Performing Post-Build Event..."
>
> Here is the CPACK related code:
> 	include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
> 	set(CPACK_GENERATOR "NSIS")
> 	set(CPACK_INSTALL_CMAKE_PROJECTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR};MyApp;ALL;/")
> 	set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "MyApp")
> 	set(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "MyApp 1.2.2")
> 	set(CPACK_NSIS_MUI_ICON "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/images/face_profile.ico")
> 	set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/license.txt")
> 	set(CPACK_CREATE_DESKTOP_LINKS MyApp)
> 	set(CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES "MyApp" "MyApp")
> 	set(CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX "MyPrefix")
> 	set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "MyPrefix")
> 	set(CPACK_NSIS_MENU_LINKS "http://cbl.uh.edu/urxd" "MyPrefix")
> 	SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
> 	SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "2")
> 	SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "2")
>
> Dat Chu
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Clinton Stimpson <clinton at elemtech.com> wrote:
>   
>> Dat Chu wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I would like to install my application under C:\Program
>>> Files\MyPrefix\MyAppName
>>>
>>> I tried using
>>>
>>> set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "MyPrefix")
>>>
>>> but that doesn't work. I can get MyApp to be installed under
>>> C:\Program Files just fine (I guess because that is the default of
>>> CPACK NSIS generator). Has anyone solved this problem before? I would
>>> appreciate some guidance.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Have you tried setting CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX=MyPrefix ?
>>
>> Clint
>>
>>
>>