CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX : make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.

[Witold Eryk Wolski]

Hi,

In order to use gtest I am supposed to set:  GTEST_ROOT

I run into the following problem when trying to build and install gtest using cmake (recommended according to the gest primer).

I am setting the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to the location where I want to have gtest installed (further GTEST_ROOT):.

than I run:
make
make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.

make runs fine, the libs and binaries end up in the build directory (cmake out of source build).
So how do I install gtest?

best
Witold

[Josh Kelley]

Installing Google Test is not recommended or supported.

See http://code.google.com/p/googletest/wiki/FAQ#Why_is_it_not_recommended_to_install_a_pre-compiled_copy_of_Goog for more information.

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Josh Kelley

[Witold Eryk Wolski]

Yes, in the default OS locations...