What is the right place for FindXXX.cmake files for locally compiled libs?
I have a lib I installed by hand (to /usr/local) on a Linux system (Eigen3, by the way). There is a FindEigen3.cmake bundled with the lib but that is not installed anywhere by default.
There is /usr/share/cmake-x.y/Modules where CMake looks for additional modules, but putting these files there doesn't seem the way to do things. Is there an equivalent place under /usr/local that is also scanned by default? Or what is the standard way of creating custom library modules?
(Although the question isn't strictly connected to programming, I think library authors may also encounter the same question from the other side: where to put these files when installing manually.)
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I have a lib I installed by hand (to /usr/local) on a Linux system (Eigen3, by the way). There is a FindEigen3.cmake bundled with the lib but that is not installed anywhere by default.
There is /usr/share/cmake-x.y/Modules where CMake looks for additional modules, but putting these files there doesn't seem the way to do things. Is there an equivalent place under /usr/local that is also scanned by default? Or what is the standard way of creating custom library modules?
(Although the question isn't strictly connected to programming, I think library authors may also encounter the same question from the other side: where to put these files when installing manually.)
linux cmake
asked Apr 3 '11 at 11:02
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I have a lib I installed by hand (to /usr/local) on a Linux system (Eigen3, by the way). There is a FindEigen3.cmake bundled with the lib but that is not installed anywhere by default.
There is /usr/share/cmake-x.y/Modules where CMake looks for additional modules, but putting these files there doesn't seem the way to do things. Is there an equivalent place under /usr/local that is also scanned by default? Or what is the standard way of creating custom library modules?
(Although the question isn't strictly connected to programming, I think library authors may also encounter the same question from the other side: where to put these files when installing manually.)
linux cmake
asked Apr 3 '11 at 11:02
LataniusLatanius
1,48121320
I have a lib I installed by hand (to /usr/local) on a Linux system (Eigen3, by the way). There is a FindEigen3.cmake bundled with the lib but that is not installed anywhere by default.
There is /usr/share/cmake-x.y/Modules where CMake looks for additional modules, but putting these files there doesn't seem the way to do things. Is there an equivalent place under /usr/local that is also scanned by default? Or what is the standard way of creating custom library modules?
(Although the question isn't strictly connected to programming, I think library authors may also encounter the same question from the other side: where to put these files when installing manually.)
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See the comments in the CMake documentation for the "find_package" command:
http://cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.8/cmake.html#command:find_package
It speaks of writing a "project-config" file, and where to install it, such that find_package(Eigen3) will work without having a FindEigen3.cmake find module... It is verbose, but the information is in there.
See also user contributed wiki pages such as this one:
https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/community/wikis/doc/tutorials/How-to-create-a-ProjectConfig.cmake-file
edited May 18 '18 at 14:22
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although I didn't have the time (in the last two weeks :P) to check this in action, this was what I was looking for, thanks!
– Latanius
Apr 18 '11 at 5:15
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In our project we place FIndXXX.cmake modules in folder project root dir/cmake/modules. For this to work you have to specify in project root dir/CMakeLists.txt (similiar to what DLRdave has already said):
set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules)
edited Nov 22 '18 at 2:27
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answered Apr 17 '11 at 10:45
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You need to set the CMAKE_MODULE_PATH to include the directory that the FindEigen3.cmake file is in before calling find_package. I believe that:
set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} <your path> )
will do the trick, but I do not have a setup to test that available at the moment so you may have to massage that technique a bit.
answered Apr 3 '11 at 23:36
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See the comments in the CMake documentation for the "find_package" command:
http://cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.8/cmake.html#command:find_package
It speaks of writing a "project-config" file, and where to install it, such that find_package(Eigen3) will work without having a FindEigen3.cmake find module... It is verbose, but the information is in there.
See also user contributed wiki pages such as this one:
https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/community/wikis/doc/tutorials/How-to-create-a-ProjectConfig.cmake-file
edited May 18 '18 at 14:22
ronen
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answered Apr 4 '11 at 14:19
DLRdaveDLRdave
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although I didn't have the time (in the last two weeks :P) to check this in action, this was what I was looking for, thanks!
– Latanius
Apr 18 '11 at 5:15
add a comment |
See the comments in the CMake documentation for the "find_package" command:
http://cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.8/cmake.html#command:find_package
It speaks of writing a "project-config" file, and where to install it, such that find_package(Eigen3) will work without having a FindEigen3.cmake find module... It is verbose, but the information is in there.
See also user contributed wiki pages such as this one:
https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/community/wikis/doc/tutorials/How-to-create-a-ProjectConfig.cmake-file
edited May 18 '18 at 14:22
ronen
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answered Apr 4 '11 at 14:19
DLRdaveDLRdave
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although I didn't have the time (in the last two weeks :P) to check this in action, this was what I was looking for, thanks!
– Latanius
Apr 18 '11 at 5:15
add a comment |
See the comments in the CMake documentation for the "find_package" command:
http://cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.8/cmake.html#command:find_package
It speaks of writing a "project-config" file, and where to install it, such that find_package(Eigen3) will work without having a FindEigen3.cmake find module... It is verbose, but the information is in there.
See also user contributed wiki pages such as this one:
https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/community/wikis/doc/tutorials/How-to-create-a-ProjectConfig.cmake-file
edited May 18 '18 at 14:22
ronen
1,4951918
answered Apr 4 '11 at 14:19
DLRdaveDLRdave
10.3k23962
See the comments in the CMake documentation for the "find_package" command:
http://cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.8/cmake.html#command:find_package
It speaks of writing a "project-config" file, and where to install it, such that find_package(Eigen3) will work without having a FindEigen3.cmake find module... It is verbose, but the information is in there.
See also user contributed wiki pages such as this one:
https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/community/wikis/doc/tutorials/How-to-create-a-ProjectConfig.cmake-file
edited May 18 '18 at 14:22
ronen
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answered Apr 4 '11 at 14:19
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although I didn't have the time (in the last two weeks :P) to check this in action, this was what I was looking for, thanks!
– Latanius
Apr 18 '11 at 5:15
add a comment |
although I didn't have the time (in the last two weeks :P) to check this in action, this was what I was looking for, thanks!
– Latanius
Apr 18 '11 at 5:15
although I didn't have the time (in the last two weeks :P) to check this in action, this was what I was looking for, thanks!
– Latanius
Apr 18 '11 at 5:15
although I didn't have the time (in the last two weeks :P) to check this in action, this was what I was looking for, thanks!
– Latanius
Apr 18 '11 at 5:15
add a comment |
In our project we place FIndXXX.cmake modules in folder project root dir/cmake/modules. For this to work you have to specify in project root dir/CMakeLists.txt (similiar to what DLRdave has already said):
set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules)
edited Nov 22 '18 at 2:27
RAM
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answered Apr 17 '11 at 10:45
beduinbeduin
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In our project we place FIndXXX.cmake modules in folder project root dir/cmake/modules. For this to work you have to specify in project root dir/CMakeLists.txt (similiar to what DLRdave has already said):
set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules)
edited Nov 22 '18 at 2:27
RAM
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answered Apr 17 '11 at 10:45
beduinbeduin
5,33232222
add a comment |
In our project we place FIndXXX.cmake modules in folder project root dir/cmake/modules. For this to work you have to specify in project root dir/CMakeLists.txt (similiar to what DLRdave has already said):
set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules)
edited Nov 22 '18 at 2:27
RAM
716517
answered Apr 17 '11 at 10:45
beduinbeduin
5,33232222
In our project we place FIndXXX.cmake modules in folder project root dir/cmake/modules. For this to work you have to specify in project root dir/CMakeLists.txt (similiar to what DLRdave has already said):
set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules)
edited Nov 22 '18 at 2:27
RAM
716517
answered Apr 17 '11 at 10:45
beduinbeduin
5,33232222
edited Nov 22 '18 at 2:27
RAM
716517
edited Nov 22 '18 at 2:27
RAM
716517
edited Nov 22 '18 at 2:27
RAM
716517
716517
answered Apr 17 '11 at 10:45
beduinbeduin
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answered Apr 17 '11 at 10:45
beduinbeduin
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answered Apr 17 '11 at 10:45
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You need to set the CMAKE_MODULE_PATH to include the directory that the FindEigen3.cmake file is in before calling find_package. I believe that:
set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} <your path> )
will do the trick, but I do not have a setup to test that available at the moment so you may have to massage that technique a bit.
answered Apr 3 '11 at 23:36
ltcltc
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You need to set the CMAKE_MODULE_PATH to include the directory that the FindEigen3.cmake file is in before calling find_package. I believe that:
set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} <your path> )
will do the trick, but I do not have a setup to test that available at the moment so you may have to massage that technique a bit.
answered Apr 3 '11 at 23:36
ltcltc
2,3491923
add a comment |
You need to set the CMAKE_MODULE_PATH to include the directory that the FindEigen3.cmake file is in before calling find_package. I believe that:
set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} <your path> )
will do the trick, but I do not have a setup to test that available at the moment so you may have to massage that technique a bit.
answered Apr 3 '11 at 23:36
ltcltc
2,3491923
You need to set the CMAKE_MODULE_PATH to include the directory that the FindEigen3.cmake file is in before calling find_package. I believe that:
set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} <your path> )
will do the trick, but I do not have a setup to test that available at the moment so you may have to massage that technique a bit.
answered Apr 3 '11 at 23:36
ltcltc
2,3491923
answered Apr 3 '11 at 23:36
ltcltc
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answered Apr 3 '11 at 23:36
ltcltc
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answered Apr 3 '11 at 23:36
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