add_executable(my_app main.cpp) target_include_directories(my_app PRIVATE include) target_link_directories(my_app PRIVATE /custom/lib)
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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20) project(MyDocs CXX)
find_path(MyLib_INCLUDE_DIR mylib.h PATHS /usr/include /usr/local/include) find_library(MyLib_LIBRARY mylib PATHS /usr/lib /usr/local/lib) mastering cmake pdf
# Create an IMPORTED target (Modern CMake Best Practice) add_library(PoDoFo::PoDoFo UNKNOWN IMPORTED) set_target_properties(PoDoFo::PoDoFo PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "$PoDoFo_INCLUDE_DIRS" IMPORTED_LOCATION "$PoDoFo_LIBRARIES" ) endif()
find_package(OpenCV 4.5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS core imgproc) target_link_libraries(my_app PRIVATE $OpenCV_LIBS) target_include_directories(my_app PRIVATE $OpenCV_INCLUDE_DIRS)
project/ ├── CMakeLists.txt (top-level) ├── cmake/ │ └── FindMyCustomLib.cmake ├── src/ │ ├── CMakeLists.txt │ └── app.cpp ├── libs/ │ ├── core/ │ │ ├── CMakeLists.txt │ │ └── core.cpp │ └── utils/ │ ├── CMakeLists.txt │ └── utils.h (header-only) └── tests/ ├── CMakeLists.txt └── test_core.cpp add_executable(my_app main
], "buildPresets": [ "name": "debug", "configurePreset": "debug" , "name": "release", "configurePreset": "release" ]
include_directories(include) link_directories(/custom/lib) add_executable(my_app main.cpp)
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if(LATEX_PDFLATEX_FOUND) # 2. Define input and output files set(LATEX_SOURCE "$CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/manual.tex") set(LATEX_OUTPUT "$CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/manual.pdf")
add_subdirectory(libs/core) add_subdirectory(libs/utils) add_subdirectory(src)