CMake and Static Linking

Question

I\'m using CMake in a project, and I\'m trying to statically link some libraries. I\'ve set:

set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS \"-static-         


        

Answer 1

How do I setup for static linkage using CMake

Well... you don't :) That's not how CMake works: in CMake, you first find the absolute path of a library, then link to it with target_link_libraries.

So, if you want to link to a static library, you need to search for that static library:

find_library(SOMELIB libsomelib.a)

instead of:

find_library(SOMELIB somelib)