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POCMake : how to link a library WITHOUT automatic search function FIND_PACKAGE?
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    copied!<p>I wonder how to find/link a library without any FIND_PACKAGE.</p> <p>Assume that we have a "personal" library called testlib :</p> <pre><code>/perso/testlib/include/testlib1.h /perso/testlib/include/testlib2.h /perso/testlib/lib/testlib1.a /perso/testlib/lib/testlib2.a </code></pre> <p>How to link it with CMake ?</p> <p>1) What are the functions to link it directly in the code of the CMakeLists.txt ?</p> <p>2) How to allow the user to select where are the files ?</p> <p>3) I have difficulties to understand what is interpreted and what it's not by CMake. For example if you define a variable ${MYVARIABLE_INCLUDE_DIR} or ${MYVARIABLE_LIBRARIES} is "INCLUDE_DIR" or "LIBRARIES" an extension interpreted by CMake or there is no difference if I call this variable ${MYVARIABLE_INCDIR} ?</p> <p>4) How to do the same procedures (including a "personal" library) if you have a library that contains ten library files or more in the lib directory ?</p> <p>5) And finally, when you type <code>TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(myexecutable gmp)</code>, how do you know that the name of the library is "gmp". Why not "Gmp" or "GMP" ? Is the name of the library to put in this function just equal to the .a file minus "lib" and ".a" ? For example libgmp.a -> gmp ? If I want to link a library called libtestlolexample.a, do I have to type <code>TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(myexecutable testlolexample)</code> ?</p> <p>Thank you very much.</p>
 

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