cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8) # Set the project name project (third_party_include) # find a boost install with the libraries filesystem and system find_package(Boost 1.46.1 REQUIRED COMPONENTS filesystem system) # check if boost was found if(Boost_FOUND) message ("boost found") # Include the boost headers include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}) else() message (FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find Boost") endif() # Add an executable add_executable(third_party_include main.cpp) # link against the boost libraries target_link_libraries( third_party_include ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY} ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY} )