Unable to create an OpenSSL project with CLion - c++

Question

I am trying to create a simple OpenSSL poject in CLion but it can suceed in linking it.
This is my final CMakeLists.txt file (after many tries) which gives less errors:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
project(duplicates_finder)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
#set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -L . -lssl -lcrypto")
set(SOURCE_FILES main.cpp)
add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCE_FILES})
find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
# Add the include directories for compiling
target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
# Add the static lib for linking
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
message(STATUS "Found OpenSSL ${OPENSSL_VERSION}")
else()
message(STATUS "OpenSSL Not Found")
endif()
include_directories(C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\include)
link_directories(C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\lib\\MinGW)
This is the file I am trying to compile:
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <filesystem>
#include <string>
#include <openssl/sha.h>
#include "openssl/ssl.h"
#include <sstream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
namespace fs = std::filesystem;
//string sha256(const string& str)
//{
// unsigned char hash[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
// SHA256_CTX sha256;
// SHA256_Init(&sha256);
// SHA256_Update(&sha256, str.c_str(), str.size());
// SHA256_Final(hash, &sha256);
// stringstream ss;
// for(unsigned char i : hash)
// {
// ss << hex << setw(2) << setfill('0') << (int)i;
// }
// return ss.str();
//}
int main() {
std::cout << "SSLeay Version: " << SSLeay_version(SSLEAY_VERSION) << std::endl;
SSL_library_init();
auto ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method());
if (ctx) {
auto ssl = SSL_new(ctx);
if (ssl) {
std::cout << "SSL Version: " << SSL_get_version(ssl) << std::endl;
SSL_free(ssl);
} else {
std::cout << "SSL_new failed..." << std::endl;
}
SSL_CTX_free(ctx);
} else {
std::cout << "SSL_CTX_new failed..." << std::endl;
}
}
And these are the errors:
====================[ Build | all | Debug ]=====================================
"C:\Program Files\JetBrains\CLion 2020.1\bin\cmake\win\bin\cmake.exe" --build C:\Users\USERNAME\CLionProjects\duplicates_finder\cmake-build-debug --target all -- -j 8
[ 50%] Linking CXX executable duplicates_finder.exe
C:/PROGRA~2/EMBARC~1/Dev-Cpp/TDM-GC~1/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: CMakeFiles\duplicates_finder.dir/objects.a(main.cpp.obj): in function `main':
C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/duplicates_finder/main.cpp:42: undefined reference to `SSLeay_version'
C:/PROGRA~2/EMBARC~1/Dev-Cpp/TDM-GC~1/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/duplicates_finder/main.cpp:43: undefined reference to `SSL_library_init'
C:/PROGRA~2/EMBARC~1/Dev-Cpp/TDM-GC~1/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/duplicates_finder/main.cpp:44: undefined reference to `SSLv23_client_method'
C:/PROGRA~2/EMBARC~1/Dev-Cpp/TDM-GC~1/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/duplicates_finder/main.cpp:44: undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_new'
C:/PROGRA~2/EMBARC~1/Dev-Cpp/TDM-GC~1/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/duplicates_finder/main.cpp:46: undefined reference to `SSL_new'
C:/PROGRA~2/EMBARC~1/Dev-Cpp/TDM-GC~1/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/duplicates_finder/main.cpp:48: undefined reference to `SSL_get_version'
C:/PROGRA~2/EMBARC~1/Dev-Cpp/TDM-GC~1/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/duplicates_finder/main.cpp:49: undefined reference to `SSL_free'
C:/PROGRA~2/EMBARC~1/Dev-Cpp/TDM-GC~1/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/USERNAME/CLionProjects/duplicates_finder/main.cpp:53: undefined reference to `SSL_CTX_free'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
mingw32-make.exe[2]: *** [duplicates_finder.exe] Error 1
CMakeFiles\duplicates_finder.dir\build.make:87: recipe for target 'duplicates_finder.exe' failed
mingw32-make.exe[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/duplicates_finder.dir/all] Error 2
mingw32-make.exe: *** [all] Error 2
CMakeFiles\Makefile2:74: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/duplicates_finder.dir/all' failed
Makefile:82: recipe for target 'all' failed
I restared my PC.
I also added the line:
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} libeay32.lib) //also .a file the result is the same.
And it throws the error that it can't find that file.
Also added the files: libeay32.a, libeay32.def, libeay32.lib and ssleay32.a, ssleay32.def, ssleay32.lib to the project folder and also to the cmak-build-debug folder. => Still not working.
Also renamed libeay32.a to libeay32.dll.a and ssleay32.a to ssleay32.dll.a as on the another topic from stackoverflow says but it is still not working too.
No matter I do it is not compiling at all.
I spent all day searching for a solution but in vain.
I am using Windows 7 x64 and OpenSSL 1.1.1m 14 Dec 2021.
Thank you in advance!