build: cmake –install fails after –target deploy #32007

1. 
   fanquake commented at 10:42 am on March 6, 2025: member

   Somewhat similar to #31745. If you build --target deploy and then try and cmake --install, it will fail:

    0cmake -B build --toolchain /root/ci_scratch/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/toolchain.cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/root/testing
    1cmake --build build --target deploy
    2
    3cmake --install build
    4-- Install configuration: "RelWithDebInfo"
    5-- Installing: /root/testing/bin/bitcoin-wallet.exe
    6-- Installing: /root/testing/share/man/man1/bitcoin-wallet.1
    7-- Installing: /root/testing/bin/bitcoind.exe
    8-- Installing: /root/testing/share/man/man1/bitcoind.1
    9-- Installing: /root/testing/bin/bitcoin-cli.exe
   10-- Installing: /root/testing/share/man/man1/bitcoin-cli.1
   11-- Installing: /root/testing/bin/bitcoin-tx.exe
   12-- Installing: /root/testing/share/man/man1/bitcoin-tx.1
   13-- Installing: /root/testing/bin/bitcoin-util.exe
   14-- Installing: /root/testing/share/man/man1/bitcoin-util.1
   15-- Installing: /root/testing/bin/bitcoin-qt.exe
   16-- Installing: /root/testing/share/man/man1/bitcoin-qt.1
   17CMake Error at build/src/qt/test/cmake_install.cmake:41 (file):
   18  file INSTALL cannot find
   19  "/root/ci_scratch/build/src/qt/test/test_bitcoin-qt.exe": No such file or
   20  directory.
   21Call Stack (most recent call first):
   22  build/src/qt/cmake_install.cmake:56 (include)
   23  build/src/cmake_install.cmake:142 (include)
   24  build/cmake_install.cmake:52 (include)
   

   Maybe this isn’t a supported workflow? Not completely sure, but I can imagine someone running into this after using the Windows build docs. I did testing #32002.

2. 
   hebasto commented at 7:45 am on March 7, 2025: member

   I think this behaviour is expected since test_bitcoin-qt.exe is not part of the Windows installer and is not required for the deploy target.

   Additionally, in WINDOWS BUILD NOTES, cmake --install build follows cmake --build build, and this sequence always works.

3. 
   fanquake commented at 9:37 am on March 7, 2025: member

   Note that this isn’t Windows specific. The same happens for macOS build.
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