[Cmake] external packages

[Bill Hoffman]

Yes, for an example, see CMake/Modules.   There is some cmake code
to find tcl headers and libraries for windows and unix.

-Bill


At 12:44 PM 5/3/2001 -0400, Miller, James V (CRD) wrote:
>You can use the FIND_INCLUDE and FIND_LIBRARY commands in CMakeLists.txt which allow you to specify a
>series of locations to search for external packages.  If the packages cannot be found, the associated
>variables appear as NOTFOUND in the CMake cache file.  The user could then edit this file to specify
>where they keep these packages.
>
>Here is an example for using FLTK as an external package.  The syntax may have changed in the last
>week or so....
>
>FIND_INCLUDE( FLTK_INCLUDE_DIR    FL/Fl.H     H:/usr/local/fltk /usr/local/fltk /usr/local/include )
>FIND_LIBRARY( FLTK_LIBRARY_DIR    fltk.lib    H:/usr/local/fltk/lib /usr/local/fltk/lib
>/usr/local/lib )
>
>INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
>${FLTK_INCLUDE_DIR}
>)
>
>LINK_DIRECTORIES(
>${FLTK_LIBRARY_DIR}
>)
>
>LINK_LIBRARIES (
>fltk
>)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cross, Geoff (CRD) 
>Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 12:33 PM
>To: 'cmake at public.kitware.com'
>Subject: [Cmake] external packages
>
>
>
>
>What are the currently feelings on external packages under unix, and how to set the
>INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES and LINK_LIBRARIES?  Ideally, I want to do as little in the configure script as
>possible, so I was wondering whether it might be an idea to have the installer edit some file in the
>source root that would look something like
>
>MESA=/some/path
>GTK=
>HAS_NETLIB= 0
>   .
>   .
>   .
>
>Therefore, instead of 
>
>./configure --mesa-path=/some/path --without-gtk --with-netlib ...
>
>the installer would just edit this file, and type
>
>./configure
>
>
>
>Geoff.
>
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