sample of linking external libraries in ros build system, CMakeLists.txt

gistfile1.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4.6)
include($ENV{ROS_ROOT}/core/rosbuild/rosbuild.cmake)

# Set the build type.  Options are:                                             
#  Coverage       : w/ debug symbols, w/o optimization, w/ code-coverage        
#  Debug          : w/ debug symbols, w/o optimization                          
#  Release        : w/o debug symbols, w/ optimization                          
#  RelWithDebInfo : w/ debug symbols, w/ optimization                           
#  MinSizeRel     : w/o debug symbols, w/ optimization, stripped binaries       
#set(ROS_BUILD_TYPE RelWithDebInfo)                                             

rosbuild_init()

#set the default path for built executables to the "bin" directory              
set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
#set the default path for built libraries to the "lib" directory                
set(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib)

#uncomment if you have defined messages                                         
#rosbuild_genmsg()                                                              
#uncomment if you have defined services                                         
#rosbuild_gensrv()                                                              

#common commands for building c++ executables and libraries                     
#rosbuild_add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} src/example.cpp)                          

#rosbuild_add_boost_directories()                                               
#rosbuild_link_boost(${PROJECT_NAME} thread)                                    
rosbuild_add_executable(example main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(example zzip)
#target_link_libraries(example ${PROJECT_NAME})