# Install Cinder in /usr/local

**URL:** <https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/install-cinder-in-usr-local/898>\
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**Created:** [October 12, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/install-cinder-in-usr-local/898 "2017-10-12T12:48:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![thewoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@thewoz](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/thewoz)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/install-cinder-in-usr-local/898/1 "2017-10-12T12:48:20Z")

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Hi,  
I would like to know if you can install cinder /usr/local/  
so you can include it in projects with \<cinder/xxx.h\>

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**Author:** ![petros](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.libcinder.org/petros/32/26_2.png) [@petros](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/petros)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/install-cinder-in-usr-local/898/2 "2017-10-15T10:45:50Z")

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Hi,

Currently there is no `make install` target in Cinder’s CMake configuration although it should be quite straightforward to implement.

Is the arrow-brackets syntax what you are specifically interested? Although this is intended for system wide installed libraries AFAIK is mostly a hint, so you can still include `<cinder/app/App.h>` and the header should be picked although not installed system wide.

Not sure though if you have something else in mind…

HTH,  
Petros

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**Author:** ![thewoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@thewoz](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/thewoz)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/install-cinder-in-usr-local/898/3 "2017-11-03T13:45:45Z")

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Unfortunately I’m not very good with CMake configuration file.

However the arrow-brackets syntax is what I’m looking forward.

I’try to move the ./Cinder/include/cinder directory into /usr/local/include  
and the ./Cinder/lib/macosx/Release/libcinder.a into /usr/local/lib

but I still have problems like:  
the file platform.h of cinder try to include a file at line 118:

#include “glload/gl\_core.h”

this files are in ./Cinder/include/

so I should copy also them.

However I do not want to copy all the files by trial and error.  
So I will wait to a make install target in Cinder’s CMake in the future.

🙂