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returns: void
description: |
Installs files from the source tree that are listed as positional arguments.
+ Please note that this can only install static files from the source tree.
+ Generated files are installed via the `install_dir:` kwarg on the respective
+ generators, such as `custom_target()` or `configure_file().
See [Installing](Installing.md) for more examples.