cmake --install . --prefix /my/custom/prefix fails with permission denied

[dev-zero]

on Alps/Eiger:

$ cmake --install . --prefix ../install.cosma
-- Install configuration: "Release"
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/blas.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/layout.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/memory_pool.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/random_generator.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/pinned_buffers.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/local_multiply.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/timer.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/multiply.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/cinterface.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/communicator.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/context.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/environment_variables.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/statistics.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/mpi_mapper.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/profiler.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/matrix.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/blacs.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/cosma_pxgemm.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/mapper.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/scalapack.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/one_sided_communicator.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/two_sided_communicator.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/strategy.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/buffer.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/math_utils.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/pxgemm_params.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/cosma/interval.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/cmake/cosma/cosmaConfig.cmake
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/cmake/cosma/cosmaConfigVersion.cmake
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/cmake/cosma/FindMKL.cmake
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/pkgconfig/cosma.pc
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/cmake/grid2grid/grid2gridTargets.cmake
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/cmake/grid2grid/grid2gridTargets-release.cmake
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/transform.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/communication_data.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/memory_utils.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/mpi_type_wrapper.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/profiler.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/ranks_reordering.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/cantor_mapping.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/grid_cover.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/transformer.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/grid2D.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/block.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/grid_layout.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/comm_volume.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/scalapack_layout.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/tiling_manager.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/include/grid2grid/interval.hpp
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/cmake/grid2grid/grid2gridConfig.cmake
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/cmake/grid2grid/grid2gridConfigVersion.cmake
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/libgrid2grid.a
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/libcosma.a
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/libcosma_pxgemm.a
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/libcosma_pxgemm_cpp.a
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/cmake/cosma/cosmaTargets.cmake
-- Installing: /users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/../install.cosma/lib64/cmake/cosma/cosmaTargets-release.cmake
-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/test.mapper
CMake Error at tests/cmake_install.cmake:60 (file):
  file INSTALL cannot copy file
  "/users/timuel/work/cp2k/build.cosma/tests/test.mapper" to
  "/usr/local/bin/test.mapper": Permission denied.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  cmake_install.cmake:67 (include)

[kabicm]

Which cmake command did you use to build cosma?

[dev-zero]

Which cmake command did you use to build cosma?

cmake -DCOSMA_BLAS=CRAY_LIBSCI -DCOSMA_SCALAPACK=CRAY_LIBSCI ../cosma

... which was recommended in an SO answer as a way to install a package, overriding CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX at installation time.

[kabicm]

Thanks for reporting this. The issue is fixed in commit: 5fc99d8