2

I have a C++ project that contains source files. For an external project, there are some folders I need to search for included libraries:

/home/data/lib/wisenet /home/data/lib/wise_log /home/data/lib/wise_rs_device /home/data/lib/json /home/data/lib/wise_versioning

What must I write to include these external libraries in CMake? These folders contain only interface resources (h files and .a libraries).

I tried to include these directories like this:

include_directories( /home/data/lib/wisenet /home/data/lib/wise_log ... etc )

And I don't understand how to correctly add the lib files such as libwise_rs_device.a.

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
4

Include directories only are for... well, include paths for your code. It won't link libraries.

The correct way to use external library is using imported libraries:

add_library(wise_rs_device STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL) set_target_properties(wise_rs_device PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION "path/to/static/library" INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "path/to/headers/of/wise_rs_device" )

Then, you can simply link the imported target to yours:

# will link to the static library and add include directories. target_link_libraries(your_executable PRIVATE wise_rs_device)
Improve this answer
Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

Start asking to get answers

Find the answer to your question by asking.

Ask question

Explore related questions

See similar questions with these tags.