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| <span id="variable:CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX"></span><h1>CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX<a class="headerlink" href="#cmake-install-prefix" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1> |
| <p>Install directory used by <span class="target" id="index-0-command:install"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/install.html#command:install" title="install"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">install()</span></code></a>.</p> |
| <p>If <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">install</span></code> is invoked or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">INSTALL</span></code> is built, this directory is |
| prepended onto all install directories. This variable defaults to |
| <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/usr/local</span></code> on UNIX and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">c:/Program</span> <span class="pre">Files/${PROJECT_NAME}</span></code> on Windows. |
| See <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT.html#variable:CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT" title="CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT</span></code></a> for how a |
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| <p>On UNIX one can use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DESTDIR</span></code> mechanism in order to relocate the |
| whole installation to a staging area. See the <span class="target" id="index-0-envvar:DESTDIR"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../envvar/DESTDIR.html#envvar:DESTDIR" title="DESTDIR"><code class="xref cmake cmake-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DESTDIR</span></code></a> environment |
| variable for more information.</p> |
| <p>The installation prefix is also added to <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH.html#variable:CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH" title="CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH</span></code></a> |
| so that <span class="target" id="index-0-command:find_package"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/find_package.html#command:find_package" title="find_package"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find_package()</span></code></a>, <span class="target" id="index-0-command:find_program"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/find_program.html#command:find_program" title="find_program"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find_program()</span></code></a>, |
| <span class="target" id="index-0-command:find_library"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/find_library.html#command:find_library" title="find_library"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find_library()</span></code></a>, <span class="target" id="index-0-command:find_path"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/find_path.html#command:find_path" title="find_path"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find_path()</span></code></a>, and <span class="target" id="index-0-command:find_file"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/find_file.html#command:find_file" title="find_file"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find_file()</span></code></a> |
| will search the prefix for other software. This behavior can be disabled by |
| setting the <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_FIND_NO_INSTALL_PREFIX"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CMAKE_FIND_NO_INSTALL_PREFIX.html#variable:CMAKE_FIND_NO_INSTALL_PREFIX" title="CMAKE_FIND_NO_INSTALL_PREFIX"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_FIND_NO_INSTALL_PREFIX</span></code></a> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TRUE</span></code> before the |
| first <span class="target" id="index-0-command:project"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/project.html#command:project" title="project"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">project()</span></code></a> invocation.</p> |
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| <p class="admonition-title">Note</p> |
| <p>Use the <span class="target" id="index-0-module:GNUInstallDirs"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../module/GNUInstallDirs.html#module:GNUInstallDirs" title="GNUInstallDirs"><code class="xref cmake cmake-module docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GNUInstallDirs</span></code></a> module to provide GNU-style |
| options for the layout of directories within the installation.</p> |
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| <p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX</span></code> may be defined when configuring a build tree |
| to set its installation prefix. Or, when using the <span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake(1)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake.1.html#manual:cmake(1)" title="cmake(1)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake(1)</span></code></a> |
| command-line tool's <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--install</span></code> mode, one may specify a different prefix |
| using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--prefix</span></code> option:</p> |
| <div class="highlight-shell notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>cmake --install . --prefix /my/install/prefix |
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