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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[@botchedaledrugikanal4215]

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.

[@KeaSigmaDelta]

You're welcome

[@killacam2971]

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

[@KeaSigmaDelta]

You're welcome.

[@Mikey-gs1dx]

Same

[@dcdfm18bf18]

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

[@KeaSigmaDelta]

Glad it was helpful.

[@Artistic_Nyungu]

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

[@KeaSigmaDelta]

Thanks. I'm glad that this helped you.

[@rodrigozaldivaralanis698]

Thanks a lot, dude. This really helped me out

[@KeaSigmaDelta]

You're welcome. I'm glad it's helped you.

[@Mikey-gs1dx]

Excellent! TY!!

[@KeaSigmaDelta]

Glad it was helpful!

[@imxande6930]

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.

[@KeaSigmaDelta]

I cover this in The CMake Tutorial (cmaketutorial.com/). For GitHub, visit the project you want in a web-browser, and choose the branch or tag that you want to fetch. Now click on the green "Code" button, and you'll see a "Download ZIP" menu item at the bottom of the drop-down. You can copy the URL from there.

[@imxande6930]

@@KeaSigmaDelta thank you so much for such a fast a thoughtful replay, I will check it out thank you so much!

[@accountprincipale2293]

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

[@KeaSigmaDelta]

I have a video on compiling multiple files: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHe7dKSBgrqNbbs It sounds like you either: - Need to write a window.h header file with prototypes for InitWindow() and other functions (and then #include "window.h" in main.cpp) - Or, need to add #include "window.h" in main.cpp