Creating binary with CMake removes runtime path

Question

I am using CMake to build a program on linux. The program compiles successfully and runs from the project build directory. The program is linked with a custom library in the dir

Answer 1

This works for CMake 2.8

 set_target_properties(foo PROPERTIES INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)

where foo is the target you defined earlier:

 project(foo)
 add_executable(foo ...)
  ...
 install(TARGETS foo DESTINATION bin)
  ...

Before

% sudo make install
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: ""
-- Installing: /opt/mystuff/bin/foo
-- Removed runtime path from "/opt/mystuff/bin/foo"

After

% sudo make install
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: ""
-- Installing: /opt/mystuff/bin/foo
-- Set runtime path of "/opt/mystuff/bin/foo" to "/opt/zzyzx/lib:/opt/bar/lib/x86_64"