enable_language(C) add_library(utils SHARED obj1.c) # exe1: absolute build RPATH, no cmake syntax set(CMAKE_BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN OFF) set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "/foo/bar") add_executable(exe1 main.c) target_link_libraries(exe1 PRIVATE utils) # exe2: relative build RPATH, no cmake syntax set(CMAKE_BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN ON) set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "/foo/bar") add_executable(exe2 main.c) target_link_libraries(exe2 PRIVATE utils) install(TARGETS utils exe1 exe2)