Using Third Party Libraries Like RayLib in Your Project with CMake

So, you've mastered compiling multi-file source-code into a program (binary). Congratulations. However, if you're going to write larger useful software, then you're going to need third-party libraries.

This video covers how to link third-party libraries into your project using CMake.

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[botchedaledrugikanal]

You're a complete lifesaver.
I haven't jumped into CMake until recently and it really feels like a black box. Makefiles were much simpler to use, but oh well.
It takes time to learn all of this.

[dcdfmbf]

Amazing! you solved a week of struggling that no one else could fix! Thanks sooo much!!

[killacam]

Ugh thank you sir. Spent 2 days dealing with vcpkg issues and of course there's a much more simple way 😅. Much appreciated!

[Artistic_Nyungu]

Huge thanks... A little something for the algorithm. I hope more people can find you. This was very helpful

[stevenbroshar]

I'm struggling to learn CMake. I have questions about why you did certain things. Thanks in advance for your time. 1) Since you used ${PROJECT_NAME} for add_executable(), apparently CMake allows a target to have the same name as a project, but that confuses me since now two different things have the same name, and the target_link_libraries() looks like it's associating raylib with the project, but I guess it's associating it with the target that happens to have the same name as the project. Why do it that way? 2) The project fetches raylib which I assume includes compiled code (either a static or dynamic/shared lib) since you don't reference raylib source files. Where exactly will the lib file be such that the build will find it?

[rodrigozaldivaralanis]

Thanks a lot, dude. This really helped me out

[kevinmarques]

life saver, thanks! Now the next problem is to fix the LSP of my editor hahaha

[imxande]

thank you so much for the video, works perfectly, a question is how do you go about finding the correct URL for these libraries? I tried to do the same for ImGui and I get a 404 error code when fetching it.

[N.G.Dreamer]

Hi Sir, I want to set window icon. Would you share how to set an icon on game window?

[accountprincipale]

how can i do this with multiple files(i.e. having a main.cpp and a window.cpp etc) i tried everything but everytime it says "undefined reference to `InitWindow'" and other function names