Install the library files and headers with CMake

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Install the library files and headers with CMake

Closed this issue a year ago · 5 comments

matheusgomes28 commented a year ago

Need to install the library with CMake, so users can call cmake install

Suggested structure:

${INSTALL_DIR}/lib holds the library files (.a, .lib). 📖
${INSTALL_DIR}/include holds the public header files. 🎧

Relevant video: Deep CMake for library writers.

Answer 1 · 2023-04-12T13:23:45.000Z

like to work on it

Answer 2 · 2023-04-12T15:27:04.000Z

like to work on it

@ayushmaanshrotriya sounds good! Let me know if you need help but it should just be about using the install(...) cmake command on the base64pp target defined in base64pp/CMakeLists.txt

Answer 3 · 2023-04-13T02:59:06.000Z

some help is needed though

Answer 4 · 2023-04-13T07:36:27.000Z

some help is needed though

@ayushmaanshrotriya you're basically going to use the Cmake "install" function on the target base64pp . Take a look at the link but you will need to install the lib with the LIBRARY option, and the header file with the FILE option.

Answer 5 · 2023-04-20T14:30:03.000Z

@ayushmaanshrotriya I'm gonna pick this up as I need it for a different task. Let me know if you've done anything on this and I could wait