Instead of running cmake in tree such as:
cd ${WORKSPACE}
git clone http://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt
cd wabt
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
cmake --install ${HOME}/tools/wabt
You can build from any other directory, like this:
cd ${WORKSPACE}
git clone http://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt
cd /tmp
cmake "${WORKSPACE}/wabt" -B "${WORKSPACE}/wabt/build"
cmake --build "${WORKSPACE}/wabt/build"
cmake --install "${WORKSPACE}/wabt/build" --prefix "${HOME}/tools/wabt"