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如何基于项目名全局设置CMake默认安装路径?

自定义CMake默认安装前缀(Windows 10)

我在Windows 10上频繁使用CMake构建自己或从网上获取的C++项目,希望修改install命令的默认前缀:

  • 原默认路径:C:/Program Files/${PROJECT_NAME}
  • 目标默认路径:D:/ownbuilds/${PROJECT_NAME}(需自动带入项目名)

要求:

  • 自动应用于所有新项目,除非项目自身CMakeLists指定了安装路径
  • 无需修改项目原有的CMakeLists,也不用额外命令行选项(如--prefix)

之前尝试利用CMake 3.29特性,将环境变量CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX设为D:/ownbuilds/${PROJECT_NAME},但${PROJECT_NAME}未被展开为实际项目名,实际安装路径变为D:/ownbuilds/bin/Toy.exe,而非期望的D:/ownbuilds/Toy/bin/Toy.exe。同时想明确:能否让CMake展开全局环境变量中的CMake变量(值随项目变化的变量)?


示例项目文件

toy/CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.12...3.29 FATAL_ERROR )

project( Toy VERSION 1.0 )
add_executable( Toy main.cpp )
install( TARGETS Toy DESTINATION "bin" )

message( ">> CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX = ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" )

当前执行结果(环境变量设为D:/ownbuilds/${PROJECT_NAME})

C:\Users\User\Desktop\toy\build>cmake ..
-- Building for: Visual Studio 17 2022
-- Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.22621.0 to target Windows 10.0.19045.
-- The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.41.34120.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.41.34120.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/BuildTools/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.41.34120/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/BuildTools/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.41.34120/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
>> CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX = D:/ownbuilds/${PROJECT_NAME}
-- Configuring done (6.4s)
-- Generating done (0.0s)
-- Build files have been written to: C:/Users/User/Desktop/toy/build

C:\Users\User\Desktop\toy\build>cmake --build . --config Release
MSBuild version 17.11.2+c078802d4 for .NET Framework

  1>Checking Build System
  Building Custom Rule C:/Users/User/Desktop/toy/CMakeLists.txt
  main.cpp
  Toy.vcxproj -> C:\Users\User\Desktop\toy\build\Release\Toy.exe
  'pwsh.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
  operable program or batch file.
  Building Custom Rule C:/Users/User/Desktop/toy/CMakeLists.txt

C:\Users\User\Desktop\toy\build>Release\Toy.exe
Hello, world!

C:\Users\User\Desktop\toy\build>cmake --install . --config Release
-- Installing: D:/ownbuilds/bin/Toy.exe

期望结果

最后一行安装输出应为:

-- Installing: D:/ownbuilds/Toy/bin/Toy.exe

且Toy.exe实际安装到对应目录。


解决方案

核心说明

环境变量中的CMake变量不会自动展开,因为环境变量是系统级字符串,CMake不会对其进行变量插值。要实现需求,需通过CMake的全局配置机制实现。

方法1:使用用户级全局配置文件

CMake会自动加载Windows用户级配置文件%USERPROFILE%/.cmake/configure.cmd(若不存在则自行创建),在文件中添加以下内容:

if(NOT CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX)
    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "D:/ownbuilds/${PROJECT_NAME}" CACHE PATH "Default install path prefix" FORCE)
endif()
  • 逻辑:仅当项目未自行设置CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX时,才应用自定义路径,${PROJECT_NAME}会被CMake正确展开为当前项目名
  • 优先级:项目CMakeLists中的设置 > 全局配置文件设置 > 默认值

方法2:使用工具链文件(可选)

若需要更灵活的全局配置,可创建工具链文件(如my_cmake_toolchain.cmake):

if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX)
    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "D:/ownbuilds/${PROJECT_NAME}" CACHE PATH "Default install prefix" FORCE)
endif()

然后设置系统环境变量CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE,指向该文件的绝对路径,CMake每次运行时会自动加载此文件。

验证效果

使用示例项目测试时:

  • 执行cmake ..后,message会输出>> CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX = D:/ownbuilds/Toy
  • 执行cmake --install . --config Release时,程序会被安装到D:/ownbuilds/Toy/bin/Toy.exe,完全符合预期

内容的提问来源于stack exchange,提问作者Adayah

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