CMakeLists.txt for third-party-library

 

main.cpp

#include <iostream> #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp> #include <boost/filesystem.hpp> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {     std::cout << "Hello Third Party Include!" << std::endl;     // use a shared ptr     boost::shared_ptr<int> isp(new int(4));     // trivial use of boost filesystem     boost::filesystem::path path = "/usr/share/cmake/modules";     if(path.is_relative())     {         std::cout << "Path is relative" << std::endl;     }     else     {         std::cout << "Path is not relative" << std::endl;     }    return 0; }

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5) # Set the project name project (third_party_include) # find a boost install with the libraries filesystem and system find_package(Boost 1.46.1 REQUIRED COMPONENTS filesystem system) # check if boost was found if(Boost_FOUND)     message ("boost found") else()     message (FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find Boost") endif() # Add an executable add_executable(third_party_include main.cpp) # link against the boost libraries target_link_libraries( third_party_include     PRIVATE         Boost::filesystem )

mkdir build

cd build

cmake ..

make

 

 

[Reference]

[1] https://github.com/ttroy50/cmake-examples