How to make CMake generated INSTALL be generated when selecting "Build solution"

Question

I have a Visual Studio 2015 solution generated by CMake. CMake created a "INSTALL" project that copies all the files I requested (using Cmake's install command in my CMakeLists.txt files).

This "INSTALL" project is skipped when I request a full solution build

I tried to add set_target_properties(INSTALL PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL FALSE) but this reports set_target_properties Can not find target to add properties to: INSTALL.

How can I make "INSTALL" be generated by default? I'd like the checkbox surrounded in red in screenshot below to be enabled automatically:

Answer 1

You can use CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD:

set(CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD 1)