[CMake] Howto install executables that aren't targets

[J Decker]

use INSTALL( PROGRAMS ) ...  FILES drops executable bit on linux

On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 5:38 AM, J. Caleb Wherry <calebwherry at gmail.com> wrote:
> "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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