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# KDEInstallDirs

Define KDE standard installation directories.

Note that none of the variables defined by this module provide any information about the location of already-installed KDE software.

Inclusion of this module defines the following variables:

`KDE_INSTALL_<dir>`
  destination for files of a given type
`KDE_INSTALL_FULL_<dir>`
  corresponding absolute path

where `<dir>` is one of (default values in parentheses and alternative, deprecated variable name in square brackets):

`BUNDLEDIR`
  application bundles (`/Applications/KDE`) [`BUNDLE_INSTALL_DIR`]
`EXECROOTDIR`
  executables and libraries (`<empty>`) [`EXEC_INSTALL_PREFIX`]
`BINDIR`
  user executables (`EXECROOTDIR/bin`) [`BIN_INSTALL_DIR`]
`SBINDIR`
  system admin executables (`EXECROOTDIR/sbin`) [`SBIN_INSTALL_DIR`]
`LIBDIR`
  object code libraries (`EXECROOTDIR/lib`, `EXECROOTDIR/lib64` or `EXECROOTDIR/lib/<multiarch-tuple` on Debian) [`LIB_INSTALL_DIR`]
`LIBEXECDIR`
  executables for internal use by programs and libraries (`BINDIR` on Windows, `LIBDIR/libexec` otherwise) [`LIBEXEC_INSTALL_DIR`]
`CMAKEPACKAGEDIR`
  CMake packages, including config files (`LIBDIR/cmake`) [`CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_PREFIX`]
`QTPLUGINDIR`
  Qt plugins (`LIBDIR/plugins`) [`QT_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR`]
`PLUGINDIR`
  Plugins (`QTPLUGINDIR`) [`PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR`]
`QTQUICKIMPORTSDIR`
  QtQuick1 imports (`QTPLUGINDIR/imports`) [`IMPORTS_INSTALL_DIR`]
`QMLDIR`
  QtQuick2 imports (`LIBDIR/qml`) [`QML_INSTALL_DIR`]
`INCLUDEDIR`
  C and C++ header files (`include`) [`INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR`]
`LOCALSTATEDIR`
  modifiable single-machine data (`var`)
`SHAREDSTATEDIR`
  modifiable architecture-independent data (`com`)
`DATAROOTDIR`
  read-only architecture-independent data root (`share`) [`SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX`]
`DATADIR`
  read-only architecture-independent data (`DATAROOTDIR`) [`DATA_INSTALL_DIR`]
`DOCBUNDLEDIR`
  documentation bundles generated using kdoctools (`DATAROOTDIR/doc/HTML`) [`HTML_INSTALL_DIR`]
`KCFGDIR`
  kconfig description files (`DATAROOTDIR/config.kcfg`) [`KCFG_INSTALL_DIR`]
`KCONFUPDATEDIR`
  kconf_update scripts (`DATAROOTDIR/kconf_update`) [`KCONF_UPDATE_INSTALL_DIR`]
`KSERVICES5DIR`
  services for KDE Frameworks 5 (`DATAROOTDIR/kservices5`) [`SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR`]
`KSERVICETYPES5DIR`
  service types for KDE Frameworks 5 (`DATAROOTDIR/kservicetypes5`) [`SERVICETYPES_INSTALL_DIR`]
`KXMLGUI5DIR`
  knotify description files (`DATAROOTDIR/kxmlgui5`) [`KXMLGUI_INSTALL_DIR`]
`KNOTIFY5RCDIR`
  knotify description files (`DATAROOTDIR/knotifications5`) [`KNOTIFYRC_INSTALL_DIR`]
`ICONDIR`
  icons (`DATAROOTDIR/icons`) [`ICON_INSTALL_DIR`]
`LOCALEDIR`
  knotify description files (`DATAROOTDIR/locale`) [`LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR`]
`SOUNDDIR`
  sound files (`DATAROOTDIR/sounds`) [`SOUND_INSTALL_DIR`]
`TEMPLATEDIR`
  templates (`DATAROOTDIR/templates`) [`TEMPLATES_INSTALL_DIR`]
`WALLPAPERDIR`
  desktop wallpaper images (`DATAROOTDIR/wallpapers`) [`WALLPAPER_INSTALL_DIR`]
`APPDIR`
  application desktop files (`DATAROOTDIR/applications`) [`XDG_APPS_INSTALL_DIR`]
`DESKTOPDIR`
  desktop directories (`DATAROOTDIR/desktop-directories`) [`XDG_DIRECTORY_INSTALL_DIR`]
`MIMEDIR`
  mime description files (`DATAROOTDIR/mime/packages`) [`XDG_MIME_INSTALL_DIR`]
`METAINFODIR`
  AppStream component metadata files (`DATAROOTDIR/appdata`)
`MANDIR`
  man documentation (`DATAROOTDIR/man`) [`MAN_INSTALL_DIR`]
`INFODIR`
  info documentation (`DATAROOTDIR/info`)
`DBUSDIR`
  D-Bus (`DATAROOTDIR/dbus-1`)
`DBUSINTERFACEDIR`
  D-Bus interfaces (`DBUSDIR/interfaces`) [`DBUS_INTERFACES_INSTALL_DIR`]
`DBUSSERVICEDIR`
  D-Bus session services (`DBUSDIR/services`) [`DBUS_SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR`]
`DBUSSYSTEMSERVICEDIR`
  D-Bus system services (`DBUSDIR/system-services`) [`DBUS_SYSTEM_SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR`]
`SYSCONFDIR`
  read-only single-machine data (`etc`, or `/etc` if `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` is `/usr`) [`SYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR`]
`CONFDIR`
  application configuration files (`SYSCONFDIR/xdg`) [`CONFIG_INSTALL_DIR`]
`AUTOSTARTDIR`
  autostart files (`CONFDIR/autostart`) [`AUTOSTART_INSTALL_DIR`]

If `KDE_INSTALL_DIRS_NO_DEPRECATED` is set to TRUE before including this module, the deprecated variables (listed in the square brackets above) are not defined.

In addition, for each `KDE_INSTALL_*` variable, an equivalent `CMAKE_INSTALL_*` variable is defined. If `KDE_INSTALL_DIRS_NO_DEPRECATED` is set to TRUE, only those variables defined by the `GNUInstallDirs` module (shipped with CMake) are defined. If `KDE_INSTALL_DIRS_NO_CMAKE_VARIABLES` is set to TRUE, no variables with a `CMAKE_` prefix will be defined by this module (other than CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_COMPONENT_NAME - see below).

The `KDE_INSTALL_<dir>` variables (or their `CMAKE_INSTALL_<dir>` or deprecated counterparts) may be passed to the DESTINATION options of `install()` commands for the corresponding file type. They are set in the CMake cache, and so the defaults above can be overridden by users.

Note that the `KDE_INSTALL_<dir>`, `CMAKE_INSTALL_<dir>` or deprecated form of the variable can be changed using CMake command line variable definitions; in either case, all forms of the variable will be affected. The effect of passing multiple forms of the same variable on the command line (such as `KDE_INSTALL_BINDIR` and `CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR` is undefined.

The variable `KDE_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS` is also defined (along with the deprecated form `INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS`). This should be used when libraries or user-executable applications are installed, in the following manner:

    install(TARGETS mylib myapp ${KDE_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})

It MUST NOT be used for installing plugins, system admin executables or executables only intended for use internally by other code. Those should use `KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR`, `KDE_INSTALL_SBINDIR` or `KDE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR` respectively.

Additionally, `CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_COMPONENT_NAME` will be set to `${PROJECT_NAME}` to provide a sensible default for this CMake option.

Note that mixing absolute and relative paths, particularly for `BINDIR`, `LIBDIR` and `INCLUDEDIR`, can cause issues with exported targets. Given that the default values for these are relative paths, relative paths should be used on the command line when possible (eg: use `-DKDE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib64` instead of `-DKDE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=/usr/lib/lib64` to override the library directory).

Since pre-1.0.0.

NB: The variables starting `KDE_INSTALL_` are only available since 1.6.0. The `APPDIR` install variable is available since 1.1.0.

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