Creation of a cmake module for using a library - c++

Question

I am new to C++ and have just started to use Cmake for linking the libraries to my project. I need to use a library:
https://github.com/Gnimuc/FastPD
Fortunately, I managed to build the library using Cmake (in my build there is no *.lib file at all), but I don't know how to link it to my project. I mean that I don't know how to add it to my cmakelists.txt :
(PS. I'm also using two other libraries ITK and VTK; but I can't link the above mentioned library to my project or main.cpp.)
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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
project(My_project)
find_package(ITK REQUIRED)
include(${ITK_USE_FILE})
if (ITKVtkGlue_LOADED)
find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
else()
find_package(ItkVtkGlue REQUIRED)
include(${ItkVtkGlue_USE_FILE})
set(Glue ItkVtkGlue)
endif()
add_executable(My_project MACOSX_BUNDLE main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(My_project
${Glue} ${VTK_LIBRARIES} ${ITK_LIBRARIES})
################################################
Thanks in advance for your helps,

Answer 1

Assuming you installed the library and its header files, you can then search for the header files using find_path, and add the found path to the include directories. Then you can search for the library by using find_library, and add the library with the target_link_libraries command.

Answer 2

I tried both shared and static types for creation of the library. In the case of shared, no *.lib file was created, and in the case of static, my project couldn't link to the library. Therefore, in my project's CmakeLists.txt, I decided to add all the *.cpp and headers as libraries and then link them together (as I didn't know the dependency among them!!!), and finally, I linked them to my project. Perhaps it does not make sense but it works; hope it helps you:
CmakeLists.txt
##############################################
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
set(PROJ_NAME PROJECT46)
PROJECT(${PROJ_NAME})
# Prevent compilation in-source
if( ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} STREQUAL ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} )
Message( " " )
Message( FATAL_ERROR "Source and build directories are the same.
Create an empty build directory,
change into it and re-invoke cmake")
endif()
include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-std=c++11" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX11)
CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-std=c++0x" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX0X)
if(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX11)
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
elseif(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX0X)
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++0x")
else()
message(STATUS "The compiler ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} has no C++11 support.
Please use a different C++ compiler.")
endif()
##############################################
## External libraries
##############################################
list( APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake
)
# Blitz
find_package( Blitz++ REQUIRED )
list( APPEND PROJ_INCLUDE_DIRS
${Blitz++_INCLUDE_DIR}
)
list( APPEND
PROJ_LIB
${Blitz++_LIBRARIES}
)
# ITK and VTK
find_package(ITK REQUIRED)
include(${ITK_USE_FILE})
if (ITKVtkGlue_LOADED)
find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
else()
find_package(ItkVtkGlue REQUIRED)
include(${ItkVtkGlue_USE_FILE})
set(Glue ItkVtkGlue)
endif()
##############################################
# FASTPD
add_library(FASTPD Fast_PD.cpp Fast_PD.h common.h block.h)
add_library(GRAPH graph.h graph.cpp)
add_library(linked LinkedBlockList.h LinkedBlockList.cpp)
add_library(MAXFLOW maxflow.cpp)
include_directories(${PROJ_INCLUDE_DIRS})
add_executable(${PROJ_NAME} main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(linked MAXFLOW)
target_link_libraries(GRAPH linked)
target_link_libraries(FASTPD GRAPH)
target_link_libraries(${PROJ_NAME} FASTPD)
target_link_libraries(${PROJ_NAME}
${PROJ_LIB} ${Glue} ${VTK_LIBRARIES} ${ITK_LIBRARIES}
)