[CMake] Problems with linking on MinGW?

[Hendrik Sattler]

Am Dienstag 15 Juni 2010, 16:54:28 schrieb Jesse Perla:
> I am using CMake 2.8.1 on Windows 7.  I have MinGW installed with GCC 4.5
> 
> I have successfully compiled a library with a MinGW and cmake.  The full
> path to the library is: c:\working\etk_binaries\libetk-mgw45.a
> 
> However, when I want to link this file into an executable (no need to have
> the CMake dependencies, etc. in projects) it can't seem to find this file.
> My cmakelists.txt is:
>   cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
>   set(PROJECT_NAME  "test" )
>   set(SRCS  test.cpp )
>   project(${PROJECT_NAME})
>   add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRCS})
> 
>   link_directories( "c:/working/etk_binaries")
>   target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} libetk-mgw45)
> 
> 
> The error I get is:
> 
> c:\MinGW\bin/ld.exe: cannot find -llibetk-mgw45

Your library name is NOT "libetk-mgw45". Try "etk-mgw45" instead and read 
about library file names.
Also, do not use link_directories() but use find_library() and the value you 
get from it.

HS