FindEXPAT¶

Finds the native Expat headers and library:

find_package(EXPAT [<version>] [...])

Expat is a stream-oriented XML parser library written in C.

Imported Targets¶

This module provides the following Imported Targets:

EXPAT::EXPAT: Added in version 3.10.

Target encapsulating the Expat library (expat) usage requirements. This target is available only if Expat is found.

This module defines the following variables:

EXPAT_FOUND: Boolean indicating whether (the requested version of) Expat was found.
EXPAT_VERSION: Added in version 4.2.

The version of Expat found.
EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIRS: Include directories containing expat.h and related headers needed to use Expat.
EXPAT_LIBRARIES: Libraries needed to link against to use Expat.

This module accepts the following variables:

EXPAT_USE_STATIC_LIBS: Added in version 3.28.

Set to TRUE to use static libraries.

Added in version 3.31: Implemented on non-Windows platforms.

The following variables are provided for backward compatibility:

EXPAT_VERSION_STRING: Deprecated since version 4.2: Superseded by the EXPAT_VERSION.

The version of Expat found.

Finding Expat library and linking it to a project target:

find_package(EXPAT)
target_link_libraries(project_target PRIVATE EXPAT::EXPAT)