Cmake Examples

executable-CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.9)
project (TestLibrary)
 
#For the shared library:
set ( PROJECT_LINK_LIBS libtestStudent.so )
link_directories( ~/exploringBB/extras/cmake/studentlib_shared/build )

#For the static library:
#set ( PROJECT_LINK_LIBS libtestStudent.a )
#link_directories( ~/exploringBB/extras/cmake/studentlib_static/build )
 
include_directories(~/exploringBB/extras/cmake/studentlib_shared/include)
 
add_executable(libtest libtest.cpp)
target_link_libraries(libtest ${PROJECT_LINK_LIBS} )

library-CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.9)
project(directory_test)
set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 
#Bring the headers, such as Student.h into the project
include_directories(include)
 
#However, the file(GLOB...) allows for wildcard additions:
file(GLOB SOURCES "src/*.cpp")
 
#Generate the shared library from the sources
add_library(testStudent SHARED ${SOURCES})

#Generate the static library from the sources
# add_library(testStudent STATIC ${SOURCES})
 
#Set the location for library installation -- i.e., /usr/lib in this case
# not really necessary in this example. Use "sudo make install" to apply
install(TARGETS testStudent DESTINATION /usr/lib)