diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e425bc63c..7e78762bef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -281,6 +281,17 @@ endif()
 
 if ( T8CODE_BUILD_TUTORIALS )
     add_subdirectory( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/tutorials )
+    if ( CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" ) # post-install tests currently limited to our main development OS
+        add_custom_target(post_install_tests # notice that add_test() would not be appropriate for this test
+            COMMAND rm -fR post_install_tests_dir # we perform the test out of this cmake tree
+            COMMAND mkdir post_install_tests_dir
+            COMMAND cd post_install_tests_dir && cmake ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/doc/T8CODE/cmake_examples/ && make VERBOSE=1 && make VERBOSE=1 tests
+            COMMAND rm -fR post_install_tests_dir
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
+            VERBATIM
+            COMMENT "Post-install tests' target. It creates, uses, and deletes temporary directory 'post_install_tests_dir'. It assumes running under Linux."
+        )
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if ( T8CODE_BUILD_EXAMPLES )
diff --git a/doc/author_martone.txt b/doc/author_martone.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c43319f7e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/author_martone.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+I place my contributions to t8code under the FreeBSD license. Michele Martone <michelemartone@users.sourceforge.net>
diff --git a/doc/cmake_examples/CMakeLists.txt.in b/doc/cmake_examples/CMakeLists.txt.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da872f44e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/cmake_examples/CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#  This file is part of t8code.
+#  t8code is a C library to manage a collection (a forest) of multiple
+#  connected adaptive space-trees of general element types in parallel.
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2026 the developers
+#
+#  t8code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  t8code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with t8code; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+#  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.2 )
+project(
+    T8CODE_DOC_CMAKE_EXAMPLES
+    DESCRIPTION "A CMakeLists.txt file to test installed CMakeLists.txt example files (which can be ran independently anyways). The idea is to use this after installing T8CODE."
+)
+
+# The two following lines stem from the user-provided installation directories.
+# You can test the subdirectories individually by specifying them yourself via -D...
+set(T8TEST_ROOT       @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@)
+set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@)
+
+file(GLOB T8CODE_CMAKE_EXAMPLES RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/?") # for each single-character directory; notice there's no explicit listing here
+add_custom_target(tests)
+foreach(_dir IN LISTS T8CODE_CMAKE_EXAMPLES)
+    add_subdirectory( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${_dir} )
+    add_dependencies( tests tests_${_dir} )
+endforeach()
diff --git a/doc/cmake_examples/a/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/cmake_examples/a/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..956b1d7e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/cmake_examples/a/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#  This file is part of t8code.
+#  t8code is a C library to manage a collection (a forest) of multiple
+#  connected adaptive space-trees of general element types in parallel.
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2026 the developers
+#
+#  t8code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  t8code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with t8code; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+#  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+# A CMakeLists.txt example file showing a way of detecting an installed instance of T8CODE and using it in program test.cxx.
+# This example relies on what is being declared in files installed by T8CODE.
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22.0)
+project(t8test DESCRIPTION "t8code test program (requires CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to point to T8CODE's package files are)" LANGUAGES CXX)
+find_package(T8CODE)
+add_executable(test_a test.cxx)
+target_link_libraries(test_a PRIVATE T8CODE::T8)
+add_custom_target(tests_a COMMAND ./test_a)
diff --git a/doc/cmake_examples/b/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/cmake_examples/b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..334a99a9a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/cmake_examples/b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#  This file is part of t8code.
+#  t8code is a C library to manage a collection (a forest) of multiple
+#  connected adaptive space-trees of general element types in parallel.
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2026 the developers
+#
+#  t8code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  t8code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with t8code; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+#  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+# A CMakeLists.txt file showing a way of detecting an installed instance of T8CODE for use in program test.cxx.
+# This example does not rely on what is being declared in files installed by T8CODE.
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22)
+include(CheckIncludeFileCXX)
+include(CheckLibraryExists)
+project(t8test DESCRIPTION "t8code test program (needs T8TEST_ROOT to contain relevant include and lib directories and CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to point to T8CODE's package files are.)" LANGUAGES CXX)
+option(T8TEST_ROOT "Custom directory containing t8code's include, lib, ..." "")
+find_library(T8CODE_LIBRARY t8 REQUIRED) # one may have done this in the if conditional construct after check_library_exists
+CHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTS(t8 t8_init "${T8TEST_ROOT}/lib" HAVE_T8) # check_library_exists looks for a library and sets one variable accordingly
+if(NOT HAVE_T8)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "no t8 library found!")
+else()
+    message("t8 library found in ${T8TEST_ROOT}/lib")
+endif()
+find_path(SC_INCLUDE_DIR sc.h REQUIRED)
+find_path(T8CODE_INCLUDE_DIR t8.h REQUIRED)
+add_executable(test_b test.cxx)
+target_include_directories(test_b PUBLIC "${SC_INCLUDE_DIR}" )
+target_include_directories(test_b PUBLIC "${T8CODE_INCLUDE_DIR}" )
+target_link_directories(test_b PUBLIC "${T8TEST_ROOT}/lib" )
+target_link_libraries(test_b PRIVATE t8 sc)
+add_custom_target(tests_b COMMAND ./test_b)
diff --git a/tutorials/CMakeLists.txt b/tutorials/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c21e232db..29308b1752 100644
--- a/tutorials/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tutorials/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ function( add_t8_tutorial )
     endif( T8CODE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS )
 
     install( TARGETS ${ADD_T8_TUTORIAL_NAME} RUNTIME )
+    install( FILES ${ADD_T8_TUTORIAL_SOURCES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}/tutorials/general/ )
 endfunction()
 
 function( add_mesh_handle_tutorial )
@@ -81,6 +82,15 @@ copy_tutorial_file (features/t8_features_curved_meshes_generate_cmesh_quad.geo)
 copy_tutorial_file (features/t8_features_curved_meshes_generate_cmesh_tet.geo)
 copy_tutorial_file (features/t8_features_curved_meshes_generate_cmesh_tri.geo)
 
+# notice that in the following, we install files from doc/ and tutorials/ together:
+file(GLOB T8CODE_CMAKE_EXAMPLES RELATIVE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/cmake_examples/" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/cmake_examples/?") # for each single-character directory; notice there's no explicit listing here
+configure_file( ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/cmake_examples/CMakeLists.txt.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/doc/cmake_examples/CMakeLists.txt @ONLY)
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/doc/cmake_examples/CMakeLists.txt DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}/cmake_examples/ RENAME CMakeLists.txt) # reminder that we may want to name this differently (yet, no necessity for .in)
+foreach(_dir IN LISTS T8CODE_CMAKE_EXAMPLES)
+     install(DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/cmake_examples/${_dir} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}/cmake_examples/) # notice we take directories from doc...
+     install(FILES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/tutorials/general/t8_step0_helloworld.cxx DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}/cmake_examples/${_dir}/ RENAME test.cxx) #... and add the same sample tutorial program as a test
+endforeach()
+
 if( T8CODE_BUILD_MESH_HANDLE )
     add_mesh_handle_tutorial( NAME t8_mesh_element_data SOURCES mesh_handle/t8_mesh_element_data.cxx )
 endif()