Can plasma_install_package use an absolute path to install a component?

[Aleix Pol]

On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Michail Vourlakos <mvourlakos at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> is it possible for plasma_install_package found inside a CMakeLists.txt file
> to install a component (plasmoid, containment, etc.) from an absolute path?
>
>
> The issue is the following: In Latte plasmoid we make through CMake some
> adjustments in our plasmoid code and  add it in the cmake "build" directory
> afterwards. For easiness afterwards we are using plasma_install_package to
> install that plasmoid and until now we were using a static reference to that
> plasmoid in our build directory, for example,
>
> plasma_install_package(build/plasmoid/release org.kde.latte.plasmoid)
>
> problem is that in that way we cant use kdesrc-build... I tried:
>
>
> plasma_install_package(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/plasmoid/release
> org.kde.latte.plasmoid)
>
>
> but as it appears the plasma_install_package adds by default the absolute
> path of the latte source code and the above command fails...
>
>
> any ideas,
>
>
> regards,
>
> michail

Hi Michail,
Have you looked into what plasma_install_package does? (in fact,
kpackage_install_package in kpackage framework).

Aleix