CLion - Changing the default build directory

Question

I've been having issues with changing the build directory via CLion. I've tried: set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "bin") but it does not seem to change and remains the same (/home/adil/.clion10/system/cmake/generated/c05c962b/c05c962b/Debug/Project).
I have also tried the workaround specified here, but that too does not seem to work.

Does anyone have a solution for this problem?

Answer 1

You need to prefix your bin with the path to the current directory your project resides in. You can use ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}

set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin") 

Be sure to add this before related add_executable directive(s) in your CMakeLists.txt file.

Answer 2

Go to Settings -> CMake and specify relative or absolute pass where you would like your build files to be stored in 'Build output path' field. For instance ./bin will output build files in YourProject/bin/Debug/yourExeFile.exe