# Accessing "install" arguments from cpack External generator

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/accessing-install-arguments-from-cpack-external-generator/469
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [January 9, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/accessing-install-arguments-from-cpack-external-generator/469 "2020-01-09T12:17:50Z")
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### Author: ![Sebastian.Setzer](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sebastian.Setzer](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Sebastian.Setzer)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/accessing-install-arguments-from-cpack-external-generator/469/2 "2020-01-09T12:34:00Z")

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Now that I have signed up to discourse instead of just reading the old mailing list, I see that someone else was asking a related question recently…

> [@Set group when installing files](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/set-group-when-installing-files/464):
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> Is it possible to set the group for an install when using the CMake installation support?

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