SDL2 linker problems, MinGW translates wrong path from cmake - c++

Question

I've been trying to add SDL2 library to a program, but I keep getting this error:
'SDL.h' file not found
Here's the cmake file:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22)
project(test)
list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "C:/Users/Windows 10/CLionProjects/test/SDL2/i686-w64-
mingw32/SDL2/i686-w64-mingw32/include/SDL2")
find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
add_executable(test main.cpp)
target_include_directories(test PRIVATE ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
target_link_libraries(test PRIVATE ${SDL2_LIBRARIES})
message(STATUS IncludeDir=${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
message(STATUS IncludeLib=${SDL2_LIBRARIES})
The cmake output after regen is:
-- IncludeDir=/opt/local/i686-w64-mingw32/include/SDL2
-- IncludeLib=-L/opt/local/i686-w64-mingw32/lib -lmingw32 -lSDL2main -lSDL2 -mwindows
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: C:/Users/Windows 10/CLionProjects/test/cmake-build-debug
Here is a picture of the project's structure, and a picture of the include directory, the SDL2 directory entirely is included in the project files.
The include folder has all the header files and contain SDL.h which makes this odd because the compiler should be able to find it.
I'm using the CLion IDE and MinGW compiler.
This project is a test project to add SDL2 and make it work, thus I only have the main class and it contains this:
#include "SDL.h"
int main() {
return 0;
}
Edit: I changed the include to give the full path to SDL.h so main is:
#include "SDL2/i686-w64-mingw32/include/SDL2/SDL.h"
int main() {
return 0;
}
So the file is found but when I run it the following error appears:
[1/2] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/test.dir/main.cpp.obj
[2/2] Linking CXX executable test.exe
FAILED: test.exe
cmd.exe /C "cd . && "D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\mingw\bin\g++.exe" -g
CMakeFiles/test.dir/main.cpp.obj -o test.exe -Wl,--out-implib,libtest.dll.a
-Wl,--major-image-version,0,--minor-image-version,0 -L/opt/local/i686-w64-mingw32/lib -lmingw32 -lSDL2main -lSDL2 -mwindows -lmingw32 -lSDL2main -lSDL2 -mwindows -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -luuid -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 && cd ."
D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\mingw\bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lSDL2main
D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\mingw\bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lSDL2
D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\mingw\bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lSDL2main
D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\mingw\bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lSDL2
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
Second Edit:
After changing CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE, the build log again is:
"D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\cmake\win\bin\cmake.exe" --build "C:\Users\Windows 10\CLionProjects\test\cmake-build-debug" --target test
[1/2] "D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\mingw\bin\g++.exe" -I/opt/local/i686-w64-mingw32/include/SDL2 -g -std=gnu++14 -MD -MT CMakeFiles/test.dir/main.cpp.obj -MF CMakeFiles\test.dir\main.cpp.obj.d -o CMakeFiles/test.dir/main.cpp.obj -c "C:/Users/Windows 10/CLionProjects/test/main.cpp"
[2/2] cmd.exe /C "cd . && "D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\mingw\bin\g++.exe" -g CMakeFiles/test.dir/main.cpp.obj -o test.exe -Wl,--out-implib,libtest.dll.a -Wl,--major-image-version,0,--minor-image-version,0 -L/opt/local/i686-w64-mingw32/lib -lmingw32 -lSDL2main -lSDL2 -mwindows -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -luuid -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 && cd ."
FAILED: test.exe
cmd.exe /C "cd . && "D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\mingw\bin\g++.exe" -g CMakeFiles/test.dir/main.cpp.obj -o test.exe -Wl,--out-implib,libtest.dll.a -Wl,--major-image-version,0,--minor-image-version,0 -L/opt/local/i686-w64-mingw32/lib -lmingw32 -lSDL2main -lSDL2 -mwindows -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -luuid -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 && cd ."
D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\mingw\bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lSDL2main
D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\mingw\bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lSDL2
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
Changing back to include "SDL.h" only and running on the same cmake config gives this:
"D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\cmake\win\bin\cmake.exe" --build
"C:\Users\Windows 10\CLionProjects\test\cmake-build-debug" --target test
[1/2] "D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\mingw\bin\g++.exe" -I/opt/local/i686-w64-mingw32/include/SDL2 -g -std=gnu++14 -MD -MT CMakeFiles/test.dir/main.cpp.obj -MF CMakeFiles\test.dir\main.cpp.obj.d -o CMakeFiles/test.dir/main.cpp.obj -c "C:/Users/Windows 10/CLionProjects/test/main.cpp"
FAILED: CMakeFiles/test.dir/main.cpp.obj
"D:\Clion\CLion 2022.1\bin\mingw\bin\g++.exe" -I/opt/local/i686-w64-mingw32/include/SDL2 -g -std=gnu++14 -MD -MT CMakeFiles/test.dir/main.cpp.obj -MF CMakeFiles\test.dir\main.cpp.obj.d -o CMakeFiles/test.dir/main.cpp.obj -c "C:/Users/Windows 10/CLionProjects/test/main.cpp"
C:/Users/Windows 10/CLionProjects/test/main.cpp:1:10: fatal error: SDL.h: No such file or directory
1 | #include "SDL.h"
| ^~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
Like what #Someprogrammerdude said the include directory is being set as /opt/local/i686-w64-mingw32/include/SDL2 instead of the actual path C:/Users/Windows 10/CLionProjects/test/SDL2/i686-w64-mingw32/SDL2/i686-w64-mingw32/include/SDL2