Using SDL2 with CMake

Question

I\'m trying to use CLion to create a SDL2 project. The problem is that the SDL headers can\'t be found when using #include\'s.

My CMakeLists.txt file:

Answer 1

You can also pull in the SDL source repository as a submodule and build/link it statically along with your main program via add_subdirectory() and target_link_libraries():

cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.7.0 )
project( sdl2-demo )

set( SDL_STATIC ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE )
set( SDL_SHARED OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE )
add_subdirectory( external/sdl )

add_executable(
    sdl2-demo
    "src/main.cpp"
    )
target_link_libraries( sdl2-demo SDL2main SDL2-static )

(At least as of the release-2.0.9 tag, possibly earlier.)