diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 881653ff8a7..fdcc7025950 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ set(GRAPH_ALGORITHM_LIB graph_algorithm)
 set(QUINE_MCCLUSKY_LIB quine_mccluskey)
 
 option(BUILD_ALL_PLUGINS "BUILD_ALL_PLUGINS" OFF)
-option(BUILD_TESTS "BUILD_TESTS" ON)
+option(BUILD_TESTS "BUILD_TESTS" OFF)
 option(BUILD_COVERAGE "BUILD_COVERAGE" OFF)
 
 if(${BUILD_TESTS} AND ${BUILD_COVERAGE})
@@ -374,7 +374,11 @@ install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/hal.pc DESTINATION "${PKGCONFIG_INSTALL_DIRECT
 message(STATUS "PKGCONFIG_INSTALL_DIRECTORY ${PKGCONFIG_INSTALL_DIRECTORY}")
 
 if(LINUX)
-    install(FILES "installer/deb/hal.conf" DESTINATION "${SHARE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY}/ld_conf/")
+    configure_file(
+            "installer/deb/hal.conf.in"
+            "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/hal.conf"
+            @ONLY)
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/hal.conf" DESTINATION "${SHARE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY}/ld_conf/")
 endif()
 
 if(UPLOAD_PPA)
@@ -478,3 +482,22 @@ if(BUILD_DOCUMENTATION)
 
 endif()
 
+# on make/ninja install run configure and run ldconfig
+option(ENABLE_INSTALL_LDCONFIG "ENABLE_INSTALL_LDCONFIG" ON)
+
+if(ENABLE_INSTALL_LDCONFIG)
+    if(LINUX)
+        configure_file(
+                "cmake/post_install.cmake.in"
+                "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/post_install.cmake"
+                @ONLY)
+        install(SCRIPT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/post_install.cmake")
+    endif(LINUX)
+endif(ENABLE_INSTALL_LDCONFIG)
+
+# add uninstall target
+configure_file(
+        "cmake/uninstall.cmake.in"
+        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/uninstall.cmake"
+        @ONLY)
+add_custom_target(uninstall "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -P "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/uninstall.cmake")
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diff --git a/cmake/UploadPPA.cmake b/cmake/UploadPPA.cmake
index d98f734fdfe..87fdd6d0371 100644
--- a/cmake/UploadPPA.cmake
+++ b/cmake/UploadPPA.cmake
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ foreach(DISTRI ${PROJECT_PPA_DISTRIB_TARGET})
          "\tdh  $@ --buildsystem=cmake --parallel\n"
          "\noverride_dh_auto_configure:\n"
          "\tls -lah\n"
-         "\tDESTDIR=\"$(CURDIR)/debian/${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_NAME}\" dh_auto_configure -- -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DBUILD_ALL_PLUGINS=OFF -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF -DWITH_GUI=ON -DUSE_VERSION_FROM_OPTION=ON -DDHAL_VERSION_RETURN=\"${DHAL_VERSION_RETURN}\" -DHAL_VERSION_MAJOR=\"${HAL_VERSION_MAJOR}\" -DHAL_VERSION_MINOR=\"${HAL_VERSION_MINOR}\" -DHAL_VERSION_PATCH=\"${HAL_VERSION_PATCH}\" -DHAL_VERSION_TWEAK=\"${HAL_VERSION_TWEAK}\" -DHAL_VERSION_ADDITIONAL_COMMITS=\"${HAL_VERSION_ADDITIONAL_COMMITS}\" -DHAL_VERSION_HASH=\"${HAL_VERSION_HASH}\" -DHAL_VERSION_DIRTY=\"${HAL_VERSION_DIRTY}\" -DHAL_VERSION_BROKEN=\"${HAL_VERSION_BROKEN}\"\n"
+         "\tDESTDIR=\"$(CURDIR)/debian/${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_NAME}\" dh_auto_configure -- -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DENABLE_INSTALL_LDCONFIG=OFF -DBUILD_ALL_PLUGINS=OFF -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF -DWITH_GUI=ON -DUSE_VERSION_FROM_OPTION=ON -DDHAL_VERSION_RETURN=\"${DHAL_VERSION_RETURN}\" -DHAL_VERSION_MAJOR=\"${HAL_VERSION_MAJOR}\" -DHAL_VERSION_MINOR=\"${HAL_VERSION_MINOR}\" -DHAL_VERSION_PATCH=\"${HAL_VERSION_PATCH}\" -DHAL_VERSION_TWEAK=\"${HAL_VERSION_TWEAK}\" -DHAL_VERSION_ADDITIONAL_COMMITS=\"${HAL_VERSION_ADDITIONAL_COMMITS}\" -DHAL_VERSION_HASH=\"${HAL_VERSION_HASH}\" -DHAL_VERSION_DIRTY=\"${HAL_VERSION_DIRTY}\" -DHAL_VERSION_BROKEN=\"${HAL_VERSION_BROKEN}\"\n"
          "\n\noverride_dh_auto_install:\n"
          "\tdh_auto_install --destdir=\"$(CURDIR)/debian/${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_NAME}\" --buildsystem=cmake"
          "\n\noverride_dh_strip:\n"
diff --git a/cmake/post_install.cmake.in b/cmake/post_install.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed7cb08382b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/post_install.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+set(LINUX @LINUX@)
+set(SHARE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_FULL @SHARE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_FULL@)
+if(LINUX)
+    message(STATUS "Copy file ${SHARE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_FULL}/ld_conf/hal.conf to /etc/ld.so.conf.d/")
+
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy hal.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.d/)
+
+    message(STATUS "Running: ldconfig")
+    execute_process(COMMAND "ldconfig" RESULT_VARIABLE ldconfig_result)
+    if (NOT ldconfig_result EQUAL 0)
+        message(WARNING "ldconfig failed")
+    endif()
+endif(LINUX)
diff --git a/cmake/uninstall.cmake.in b/cmake/uninstall.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65100a1fe04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/uninstall.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+set(LINUX @LINUX@)
+set(ENABLE_INSTALL_LDCONFIG @ENABLE_INSTALL_LDCONFIG@)
+set(MANIFEST "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/install_manifest.txt")
+
+if(NOT EXISTS ${MANIFEST})
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find install manifest: '${MANIFEST}'")
+endif()
+
+file(STRINGS ${MANIFEST} files)
+foreach(file ${files})
+    if(EXISTS ${file})
+        message(STATUS "Removing file: '${file}'")
+
+        exec_program(
+                ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ARGS "-E remove ${file}"
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE stdout
+                RETURN_VALUE result
+        )
+
+        if(NOT "${result}" STREQUAL 0)
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to remove file: '${file}'.")
+        endif()
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "File '${file}' does not exist.")
+    endif()
+endforeach(file)
+
+if(ENABLE_INSTALL_LDCONFIG)
+    if(LINUX)
+        message(STATUS "Remove file ${SHARE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY}/ld_conf/hal.conf to /etc/ld.so.conf.d/hal.conf")
+
+        execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove /etc/ld.so.conf.d/hal.conf)
+
+        message(STATUS "Running: ldconfig")
+        execute_process(COMMAND "ldconfig" RESULT_VARIABLE ldconfig_result)
+        if(NOT ldconfig_result EQUAL 0)
+            message(WARNING "ldconfig failed")
+        endif()
+    endif(LINUX)
+endif(ENABLE_INSTALL_LDCONFIG)
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diff --git a/installer/deb/hal.conf b/installer/deb/hal.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a2acdda443..00000000000
--- a/installer/deb/hal.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Install to /etc/ld.so.conf.d
-/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/hal_plugins
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diff --git a/installer/deb/hal.conf.in b/installer/deb/hal.conf.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb4caf905ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/deb/hal.conf.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Install to /etc/ld.so.conf.d
+@LIBRARY_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_FULL@
+@LIBRARY_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_FULL@/hal_plugins
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diff --git a/tests/googletest-CMakeLists.txt.in b/tests/googletest-CMakeLists.txt.in
index 749bfae4f7a..8ccc81843b9 100644
--- a/tests/googletest-CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/tests/googletest-CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ ExternalProject_Add(googletest
                     BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build"
                     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
                     BUILD_COMMAND ""
-                    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+                    INSTALL_COMMAND cmake -E echo "Skipping install step."
                     TEST_COMMAND ""
                     )
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