[CMake] Specifying search path for FIND_PACKAGE

[Filipe Sousa]

On Friday 11 November 2005 22:18, Amit Ramesh wrote:
> Hi,
>
>      Is there a uniform way to specify the paths that FIND_PACKAGE
> uses to search for installed packages. On Mac OS X, Fink is a popular

By default FIND_PACKAGE will look into Find scripts in cmake Modules 
directory. You can add a new search path by setting CMAKE_MODULE_PATH

fsousa at neptuno:~$ cmake --help-command FIND_PACKAGE
cmake version 2.3-20051105
  FIND_PACKAGE
       Load settings for an external project.

         FIND_PACKAGE(<name> [major.minor] [QUIET] [REQUIRED])

       Finds and loads settings from an external project.  <name>_FOUND will
       be set to indicate whether the package was found.  Settings that can
       be used when <name>_FOUND is true are package-specific.  The package
       is found through several steps.  Directories listed in
       CMAKE_MODULE_PATH are searched for files called "Find<name>.cmake".
       If such a file is found, it is read and processed by CMake, and is
       responsible for finding the package.  If no such file is found, it is
       expected that the package is another project built by CMake that has a
       "<name>Config.cmake" file.  A cache entry called <name>_DIR is created
       and is expected to be set to the directory containing this file.  If
       the file is found, it is read and processed by CMake to load the
       settings of the package.  If <name>_DIR has not been set during a
       configure step, the command will generate an error describing the
       problem unless the QUIET argument is specified.  If <name>_DIR has
       been set to a directory not containing a "<name>Config.cmake" file, an
       error is always generated.  If REQUIRED is specified and the package
       is not found, a FATAL_ERROR is generated and the configure step stops
       executing.


> mechanism to install unix ports, and they get installed in the /sw by
> default. However, cmake does not seem to include this in its search
> and so does not find an existing package. Is there a good way to
> include this in a package independent manner?
>

--
Filipe Sousa


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