[CMake] Howto install executables that aren't targets

[J. Caleb Wherry]

"install(FILES..." should work, that is how you install non-target files.
Are you sure it isn't a permission issue? Do other install commands work
that copy to /usr/bin?

We'll need a little more information to diagnose the issue, an simple CMake
example would be nice.

Caleb

On Wednesday, March 9, 2016, Winfried <winkus4u at arcor.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> the build system of a qt-based visual robot programming teaching platform
> shall be ported from autotools to cmake.
> For the build process of the platform the underlying compilers and some
> shell scripts aiming diffenent robot targets are not built but just have to
> be installed (copied) to /usr/bin.
>
> I tried different ways to do this:
> install(FILES <filenames> DESTINATION /usr/bin)
> ----->  file INSTALL cannot copy file
>   "/opt/build/tuxminds_3.96_cmake/tools/tuxm_aar-04_make.sh" to
>   "/usr/bin/tuxm_aar-04_make.sh".
>
> install(TARGETS <filenames> RUNTIME DESTINATION /usr/bin)
> ----->  install TARGETS given target "tuxm_aar-04_make.sh" which does not
> exist in
>   this directory.
>
> install(TARGETS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/<filename_1>
>                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/<filename_2>
>                 ...
>                 RUNTIME DESTINATION /usr/bin)
> ----->  install TARGETS given target
>   "/opt/build/tuxminds_3.96_cmake/tools/tuxm_aar-04_make.sh" which
>   does not exist in this directory.
>
> (The files are located in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} .)
>
> So, I would be glad, if someone could help me with this topic.
> Thanks in advance!
> Winfried
>
>
>
>
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