[CMake] FIND_PACKAGE from another Project

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Friday 06 June 2008, hsanson wrote:
>  From the CMake 2.4 documentation I get:
>
> Directories listed in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH are searched for files called
> "Find<name>.cmake". If no such file is found, it is expected that the
> package is another project built by CMake that has a
> "<name>Config.cmake" file. A cache entry called <name>_DIR is created
> and is expected to be set to the directory containing this file.
>
>
> It seems that CMake does not generate this "<name>Config.cmake" file nor
> it sets the cache entry <name>_DIR. If this is the case how can I create
> the file and the respective cache entry?? and were in my projects
> CMakeLists.txt files shall I do it??

You have to set <name>_DIR to the directory where <name>Config.cmake is 
located. <name>Config.cmake should be created by that project (<name>). If 
that project doesn't install such a Config file, you have to use/write a 
Find<name>.cmake file.

What project do you want to use ?

Alex