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CMAKE GLFW linking problems

I wanto add glfw dependency by cmake in CLion but i get weird error, this is the CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
project(hello_gl)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)

find_package(glfw3 3.3 REQUIRED)

target_link_libraries(hello_gl glfw)


add_executable(hello_gl main.cpp)

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:8 (target_link_libraries):
Cannot specify link libraries for target "hello_gl" which is not built by
this project.

This is the error I get? How it comes that cmake cannot find my app?

Solution

  • It worked when I tried to link glfw lib after adding the executable

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
project(hello_gl)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)

add_executable(hello_gl main.cpp)

find_package(glfw3 3.3 REQUIRED)

target_link_libraries(hello_gl glfw)

    Here is the right CMakeLists.txt