Building SFML project in Windows with CMake

[Evan Bowman]

I have a project that uses CMake, builds fine in macOS and Linux, but I'm having trouble getting it set up in windows (minGW)
The error  I'm getting is this:

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CMake Error at cmake_modules/FindSFML.cmake:355 (message):
  SFML found but some of its dependencies are missing ( FreeType libjpeg
  OpenAL Ogg Vorbis VorbisFile VorbisEnc FLAC)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:35 (find_package)

But I can see the dependencies alongside the sfml static libs:

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$ ls /c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/SFML/lib/
libFLAC.a      libsfml-audio.a      libsfml-graphics-d.a    libsfml-network.a      libsfml-system-d.a    libsfml-window-s.a
libfreetype.a  libsfml-audio-d.a    libsfml-graphics-s.a    libsfml-network-d.a    libsfml-system-s.a    libsfml-window-s-d.a
libjpeg.a      libsfml-audio-s.a    libsfml-graphics-s-d.a  libsfml-network-s.a    libsfml-system-s-d.a  libvorbis.a
libogg.a       libsfml-audio-s-d.a  libsfml-main.a          libsfml-network-s-d.a  libsfml-window.a      libvorbisenc.a
libopenal32.a  libsfml-graphics.a   libsfml-main-d.a        libsfml-system.a       libsfml-window-d.a    libvorbisfile.a

From reading other forum posts, it looks like SFML needs to be linked statically in Windows, I am doing that:

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set(SFML_STATIC_LIBRARIES ON)
find_package(SFML 2.4 REQUIRED graphics window network audio system)

For reference, here's the complete CMakeLists file that I'm using: https://github.com/evanbowman/blind-jump/blob/development/build/CMakeLists.txt

[felaugmar]

I get this too when trying to link statically, maybe it's some configuration that need to be done;
But you're not restricted to link statically on Windows, you can link it with shared libs too.

[eXpl0it3r]

You don't "have to" link statically on Windows.

How should CMake know where to look for the SFML libraries? On Windows there's no real predefined place to place libraries. As such you simply need to specify a path to the root directory of SFML with SFML_ROOT.

[Evan Bowman]

Thanks for both of your responses!

I'm still getting used to working without a centralized lib folder, I guess I've been spoiled by apt/rpm/homebrew