How to use CMAKE_MODULE_PATH correctly on windows

Question

What is the proper way to modify this variable so that CMake can find the appropriate modules that projects specify as requirements? It seems to be autogenerated and I cannot find environment variables that would modify this path in any way. I also am hard pressed to find documentation that explains this well; only instructions to "install" CMake packages with no details on how exactly that can be accomplished.

Answer 1

You can extend or set the module path like so:

list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "some path to modules")

or:

set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "path")

Just like you can any other (list) variable.