[CMake] Mac Bundle installation with libraries

[Clinton Stimpson]

http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/BundleUtilitiesExample
I usually use it for 3rd party libraries, but it will also copy libraries from 
your build directory if you include your build directory in the list of paths 
to search in.

Clint

On Friday 26 February 2010 01:24:30 pm James Bigler wrote:
> How is that?  Could you provide a brief example of which function to call?
> I looked through the code and wasn't sure what I could call since almost
>  all the copies are done using execute_process which runs at configure
>  time.
> 
> James
> 
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Clinton Stimpson 
<clinton at elemtech.com>wrote:
> > Using BundleUtilities.cmake on each of the bundles should copy that
> > library into each bundle.
> >
> > Clint
> >
> > On Friday 26 February 2010 11:02:12 am James Bigler wrote:
> > > I have a project that builds a group of mac bundles that depend on a
> > >  library I also compile.  I need to install the library within the
> > > bundle to get it to be relocatable, but I have no way of doing this
> > > without creating a circular dependency.
> > >
> > > src/CMakeLists.txt:
> > >
> > > add_subdirectory(mylib)
> > > add_subdirectory(mysamples)
> > >
> > > src/mylib/CMakeLists.txt:
> > >
> > > add_library(mylib mylib.cpp mylib.h)
> > > set_target_properties(mylib PROPERTIES VERSION "2.3.4" SOVERSION "1")
> > > install(TARGETS mylib RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
> > > ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
> > >
> > > src/mysamples/CMakeLists.txt:
> > >
> > > foreach(sample fun lessfun)
> > >   add_executable(${sample} ${sample}.cpp MACOSX_BUNDLE)
> > >   target_link_libraries(${sample} mylib)
> > >
> > >   install(TARGETS ${sample} DESTINATION samples)
> > >   # I really want to install mylib in the bundle, but I don't have
> > > access to the library target anymore.
> > >   install(TARGETS mylib DESTINATION
> > > samples/${sample}.app/Contents/MacOS) endforeach()
> > >
> > > I really want to install my library within the bundle, but I don't have
> > > access to the library outside of the mylib subdirectory.  I can't
> > > create install targets in the mylib install directory, because I don't
> > > have the list of bundles to install it to until after I parse the
> > > mysamples directory and it's too late.
> > >
> > > I tried to use the LOCATION_${CMAKE_BUILD_CONFIG} variable, but because
> >
> > I'm
> >
> > > using the VERSION and SOVERSION properties on my library I only get one
> >
> > of
> >
> > > the symlinks and not all three (libmylib.dylib -> libmylib.2.3.4.dylib,
> > > libmylib.1.dylib -> libmylib.2.3.4.dylib, and libmylib.2.3.4.dylib).
> > >
> > > Is there some way I can get mylib to also install with my executable
> > > bundles?
> > >
> > > James
>