Linux application installation example

Aim

This is an example to show how to use cmake to prepare a linux application and install it to a specific path with dynamic library.

Source

github

#include <iostream>

#include "Logger.h"

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    LOGMSG_MSG_C("Hello\n");
    return 0;
}

Steps

$ cd InstallationExample
$ mkdir build install
$ cd build
$ cmake -G Ninja ../InstallationExample/ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=../install
$ ninja
$ ninja install
$ cd ../install/bin
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=Path to/install/lib
$ ./InstallationExample

Reference

Permanent and Temporary method