<![CDATA[Qt Creator ignores CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR]]>I am working on a project with Qt Creator. When I build and run the project via the terminal a folder named obj is created and the binaries and libraries are installed in it.

This is facilitated with

set(CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/obj)

in the top-level CMakeLists.txt file.

However, when I build and run my project with qtCreator no obj directory is created. Instead, the binaries are installed to my build folder (out-of-source build)

How can I change this behaviour and make it obey my CMakeLists commands?

thank you in advance

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/84049/qt-creator-ignores-cmake_install_dirRSS for NodeSun, 23 Aug 2026 03:41:39 GMTTue, 10 Oct 2017 11:45:27 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Qt Creator ignores CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR on Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:52:11 GMT]]>Hi and welcome to devnet,

You should add which version of Qt Creator you are using, the support of CMake has been heavily modified in the recent minor release.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/420000https://forum.qt.io/post/420000Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:52:11 GMT