How to install a file set on remote target using cmake?
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Hello everyone,
I tried using install() and that did nothing to copy a set of support files onto the remote target. Is that the wrong cmake command for doing that.
It does not even install it locally.
install(FILES support_files/builder.ui DESTINATION /*********/cmake-build-debug/)
Something appears to be very wrong with this, just inserted a nonsense file name for the source file that is not in the project and reloaded the cmake project and it will build without any errors. What is up with that?
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Hello!
Regarding the “copy locally” case:
Please note that the install() command is executed only when you run the install step. In CLion, you can do that using the
Build | Installaction from the main menu (see https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/using-cmake-install.html).Just in case, if you want to copy a file at configure time, you can use file(COPY).
Regarding the “copy to the remote machine” case:
You can use the add_custom_command() command for that (see https://stackoverflow.com/a/33919175).
Thank you very much for being so very helpful and accurate. file(COPY) worked perfectly to get the files on the remote board and locally.