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Workflow to check the install/uninstall process; README.md update
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CMake doesn't support any
make uninstallcommands by default. This may be embarrassing for users, switching from building withautotools. This PR adds a specialuninstalltarget to do the deinstallation process.During
cmake --installstep, aninstall_manifest.txtfile is created, which contains a list of installed files -- binaries, libraries, headers and so on. Theuninstalltarget callscmake -E rmfor every file listed in this manifest. Simple and handy.To launch the deinstallation process, one can run:
The information in README.md is updated. An additional workflow is added, which smoke-tests the installation/deinstallation process.