CMake cannot find GLEW - c++

Question

I'm trying to link GLEW to my CMake project with little success.
Apparently, it can't find GLEW_LIBRARIES.
I'm using CLion 2019.3.4 and MinGW.
So far I've tried these things:
Defining GLEW_LIBRARIES
Defining GLEW_STATIC_LIBRARIES and GLEW_SHARED_LIBRARIES, as the FindGLEW.cmake file documents that (Line 41 to 45).
Doing both of the above.
Doing 1 and 2 except instead of LIBRARIES it is LIBRARY.
I don't know what else to do.
Heres the CMake lists for reference:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
project(myProject)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++")
set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY}/cmake_modules/")
# This part of the code is actually in a separate file,
# called LibrarySetup.cmake
#
# include(LibrarySetup.cmake)
if(WIN32)
set(LIB_PREFIX "")
set(LIB_SUFFIX ".dll")
elseif(UNIX)
set(LIB_PREFIX "lib")
set(LIB_SUFFIX ".lib")
endif()
set(GLFW_INCLUDE_DIR "include/glfw/include/")
set(GLFW_LIBRARY "include/glfw/lib/${LIB_PREFIX}glfw3${LIB_SUFFIX}")
set(GLEW_INCLUDE_DIR "include/glew/include/")
set(GLEW_SHARED_LIBRARIES "include/glew/lib/Release/Win32/glew32.lib")
set(GLEW_STATIC_LIBRARIES "include/glew/lib/Release/Win32/glew32s.lib")
set(GLEW_VERBOSE)
# And here the external file ends.
find_package(GLFW REQUIRED)
find_package(GLEW REQUIRED)
include_directories(${GLFW_INCLUDE_DIR} ${GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS})
add_subdirectory(include/glfw)
add_executable(myProject main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(myProject ${GLFW_LIBRARY} ${GLEW_LIBRARIES})
And the errors:
~\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\apps\CLion\ch-0\193.6494.38\bin\cmake\win\bin\cmake.exe -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -G "CodeBlocks - MinGW Makefiles" "~\Documents\CLion Projects\myProject"
CMake Error at ~/AppData/Local/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/CLion/ch-0/193.6494.38/bin/cmake/win/share/cmake-3.15/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:137 (message):
Could NOT find GLEW (missing: GLEW_LIBRARIES)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
~/AppData/Local/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/CLion/ch-0/193.6494.38/bin/cmake/win/share/cmake-3.15/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:378 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
~/AppData/Local/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/CLion/ch-0/193.6494.38/bin/cmake/win/share/cmake-3.15/Modules/FindGLEW.cmake:207 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
CMakeLists.txt:12 (find_package)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "~/Documents/CLion Projects/myProject/cmake-build-debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
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Answer 1

The version of CMake your script requires ships with FindGLEW which should do the work of finding the library for you (i.e. set up a Glew target, define include and library paths, etc). You can see the documentation for this module by running:
cmake --help-module findglew
Providing include paths and library definitions of GLEW to your executable should be as simple as:
find_package(GLEW REQUIRED)
add_executable(myProject main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(myProject GLEW::GLEW)
This will provide include and lib paths via the transitive dependency of the GLEW::GLEW target. You should not need to set the paths manually as your example does. The find module will search in the default system locations for the library. If it can't find it you can provide it with a hint via setting the GLEW_ROOT variable to point to your local install location.
set(GLEW_ROOT <my location of GLEW>)
How did you install GLEW? Can you provide an indication of where it is installed on your system and that might make it easier to see why the find module failed?