how to modify the install-path without running the configure script/cmake again

Question

I am working on a project which takes considerable time to build (10-15) minutes. I have recompiled to verify if there is a compilation error. Now I want to change the install d

Answer 1

CMake generated makefiles support the DESTDIR coding convention for makefiles. Thus you can override the default installation location by setting the DESTDIR variable upon invoking make:

$ make install DESTDIR=/opt/local

There is no need to re-run CMake.