refs #8659 - fixed CMake installation / added tests for make and CMake install targets to CI

.github/workflows/CI-unixish.yml

@@ -144,16 +144,18 @@ jobs:
           # pcre was removed from runner images in November 2022
           brew install coreutils qt@6 pcre
 
-      - name: CMake build on ubuntu (with GUI)
+      - name: Run CMake on ubuntu (with GUI)
         if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
         run: |
-          cmake -S . -B cmake.output -G "Unix Makefiles" -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=On -DUSE_QT6=${{ matrix.use_qt6 }} -DWITH_QCHART=On -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=On -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
-          cmake --build cmake.output -- -j$(nproc)
+          cmake -S . -B cmake.output -G "Unix Makefiles" -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=On -DUSE_QT6=${{ matrix.use_qt6 }} -DWITH_QCHART=On -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=On -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cppcheck-cmake-install
 
-      - name: CMake build on macos (with GUI)
+      - name: Run CMake on macos (with GUI)
         if: contains(matrix.os, 'macos')
         run: |
-          cmake -S . -B cmake.output -G "Unix Makefiles" -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=On -DUSE_QT6=On -DWITH_QCHART=On -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=On -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DQt6_DIR=$(brew --prefix qt@6)/lib/cmake/Qt6
+          cmake -S . -B cmake.output -G "Unix Makefiles" -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=On -DUSE_QT6=On -DWITH_QCHART=On -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=On -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cppcheck-cmake-install -DQt6_DIR=$(brew --prefix qt@6)/lib/cmake/Qt6
+
+      - name: Run CMake build
+        run: |
           cmake --build cmake.output -- -j$(nproc)
 
       - name: Run CMake test
@@ -165,6 +167,10 @@ jobs:
           pushd cmake.output
           ctest --output-on-failure -j$(nproc)
 
+      - name: Run CMake install
+        run: |
+          cmake --build cmake.output --target install
+
   build_uchar:
 
     strategy:
@@ -382,6 +388,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make -j$(nproc) checkCWEEntries validateXML
 
+      - name: Test install
+        run: |
+          # this is only to test the "install" target - since we did not build with FILESDIR it would not work as intended
+          make DESTDIR=cppcheck-make-install FILESDIR=/share/Cppcheck install
+
       - name: Test Signalhandler
         run: |
           cmake -S . -B cmake.output.signal -G "Unix Makefiles" -DBUILD_TESTS=On

.github/workflows/CI-windows.yml

@@ -49,20 +49,22 @@ jobs:
           modules: 'qtcharts'
           cache: true
 
-      - name: Build GUI release (Qt 5)
+      - name: Run CMake for GUI release (Qt 5)
         if: startsWith(matrix.qt_ver, '5')
         run: |
           ; TODO: enable rules?
           ; specify Release build so matchcompiler is used
-          cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=On -DBUILD_GUI=On  -DWITH_QCHART=On -DBUILD_ONLINE_HELP=On || exit /b !errorlevel!
-          cmake --build build --target cppcheck-gui --config Release || exit /b !errorlevel!
+          cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=On -DBUILD_GUI=On  -DWITH_QCHART=On -DBUILD_ONLINE_HELP=On -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cppcheck-cmake-install || exit /b !errorlevel!
 
-      - name: Build GUI release (Qt 6)
+      - name: Run CMake for GUI release (Qt 6)
         if: startsWith(matrix.qt_ver, '6')
         run: |
           ; TODO: enable rules?
           ; specify Release build so matchcompiler is used
-          cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=On -DBUILD_GUI=On -DUSE_QT6=On -DWITH_QCHART=On -DBUILD_ONLINE_HELP=On || exit /b !errorlevel!
+          cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=On -DBUILD_GUI=On -DUSE_QT6=On -DWITH_QCHART=On -DBUILD_ONLINE_HELP=On -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cppcheck-cmake-install || exit /b !errorlevel!
+
+      - name: Run CMake build
+        run: |
           cmake --build build --target cppcheck-gui --config Release || exit /b !errorlevel!
 
       - name: Deploy GUI
@@ -73,6 +75,10 @@ jobs:
 
       # TODO: run GUI tests
 
+      - name: Run CMake install
+        run: |
+          cmake --build build --target install
+
   build:
     strategy:
       matrix:

cli/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if (BUILD_CLI)
         COMPONENT applications)
 
     install(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/htmlreport/cppcheck-htmlreport
-        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR}
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR}
         COMPONENT applications)
 
     install(FILES ${addons_py}