CLion - SDL Libraries not found Mac - c

I have recently started programming on Clion, and I would like to create a Snake game in C language. I have downloaded all the necessary SDL libraries via Homebrew, and I have copied these files into my Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/ folder. My C compiler is in this folder.
I have tried using CMakeLists.txt but I cannot get it to work properly.
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
project(test)
set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
INCLUDE(FindPkgConfig)
pkg_check_modules(SDL2 REQUIRED sdl2)
pkg_check_modules(SDL2_IMG REQUIRED sdl2_image)
pkg_check_modules(SDL2_TTF REQUIRED sdl2_ttf)
pkg_check_modules(SDL2_MIXER REQUIRED sdl2_mixer)
find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
find_package(SDL2_IMG REQUIRED)
find_package(SDL2_TTF REQUIRED)
find_package(SDL2_MIXER REQUIRED)
add_executable(test ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/main.c)
include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/assets)
include_directories(${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}
${SDL2_IMG_INCLUDE_DIRS}
${SDL2_TTF_INCLUDE_DIRS}
${SDL2_MIXER_INCLUDE_DIRS})
link_directories(${SDL2_LIBRARY_DIRS}
${SDL2_IMG_LIBRARY_DIRS}
${SDL2_TTF_LIBRARY_DIRS}
${SDL2_MIXER_LIBRARY_DIRS})
target_link_libraries (test
${SDL2_LIBRARIES}
${SDL2_IMG_LIBRARIES}
${SDL2_TTF_LIBRARIES}
${SDL2_MIXER_LIBRARIES})
I have looked through many similar questions here on stackoverflow but none of them seemed to solve my issue.
If I include the find_package, I get this error message:
Could not find a package configuration file SDL2_IMG and so on. If I leave it out I get this library not found for -lSDL2_image.

sdl2 libraries should download individually. mixer, ttf, etc
I worked with SDL2 on XCode without problem (easy)
Rather then compiler location, I prefer project location.
By the way, I indicate header files as path
I wish these help you.

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Linking shared dll library cmake clion project

I currently have two C projects on Clion with cmake. One of the projects is named "sharedLibsDemo" and I am trying to create a shared library in this project. In the other project I want to use the library that was created by the "shared" project.
Currently, in the "sharedLibsDemo" project I have the following cmake:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
project(sharedLibsDemo)
set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
set(SOURCE_FILES shared.c shared.h main.c)
add_library(shared SHARED ${SOURCE_FILES})
include(GenerateExportHeader)
GENERATE_EXPORT_HEADER(shared # generates the export header shared_EXPORTS.h automatically
BASE_NAME shared
EXPORT_MACRO_NAME SHARED_EXPORTS
EXPORT_FILE_NAME shared_EXPORTS.h
STATIC_DEFINE SHARED_EXPORTS_BUILT_AS_STATIC)
set(EXEC_FILES main.c)
add_executable(myexe ${EXEC_FILES})
target_link_libraries(myexe shared)
However, this cmake only creates the shared_EXPORTS.h, libshared.dll, and libshared.dll.a` files.
I managed to create the .lib file using Mingw itself and put all of these files including the .h file of the source code into one folder and placed the folder in the root folder of the second project in order to use it.
However, I've looked everywhere to find a way to link the library into the second project's executable. The documentation for cmake itself assumes I have a tonne of knowledge which I don't. Is there any list of commands that I can use to finally link my library. I have already tried the generic answer of "use find_package() or target_link_libraries" to no avail.
EDIT 1
The following is the contents of shared.h :
#include "shared_EXPORTS.h"
#ifndef SHAREDLIBSDEMO_LIBRARY_H
#define SHAREDLIBSDEMO_LIBRARY_H
void SHARED_EXPORTS sharedHello(void);
#endif
As per the suggestion of #Shmuel H. I placed the shared.h shared.c and the cmakelist.txt for the shared project into a folder in the project that I want to include the library in. And I used add_subdirectory() and target_link_libraries().
The following is the CMakeLists.txt for the project:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
project(projectFiles)
set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
include_directories(src ${maker_INCLUDE_DIR})
set(SOURCE_FILES src/nv_runner/main.c src/FactParser/FactParser.c src/FactParser/FactParser.h src/Utils/Utils.c src/Utils/Utils.h src/nv_runner/main.h)
list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}")
find_package(maker REQUIRED)
include_directories(${maker_INCLUDE_DIR})
set(LIBSHARED_LOCATION ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libshared)
add_subdirectory(libshared)
include_directories(${LIBSHARED_LOCATION})
add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCE_FILES} src/FactParser/FactParser.c src/FactParser/FactParser.c src/FactParser/FactParser.h src/nv_runner/main.h)
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${maker_LIBRARY})
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} shared)
At first, I had to remove the SHARED_EXPORTS macro from the sharedHello function and the shared_EXPORTS.h include in shared.h because otherwise it would not recognize the function for use in other files. But when I ran the program I got this result:
Process finished with exit code -1073741515 (0xC0000135)
EDIT 2
Project setup image
In the screenshot, I've taken all the necessary files from the shared project, placed it in a directory in the current project and marked the directory as a Library. The cmake can be seen in the image. With this setup, whenever I run my program, it just crashes with the error seen in the image.
I found out what the issue was. I did not know that the dll had to be in the same folder as the exe, that's why the program was not executing. Once I placed the .dll file inside the exe folder, it worked.
Credit goes to this question for helping me identify the issue: C++ running file with included library failes without compiling error (CMake / CLion)
And I found out that .lib files are only necessary for MSVC compiler. MinGW uses the .dll.a file; replacing .lib. This post lead me to finding this out: Compatibility of *.dll *.a *.lib *.def between VisualStudio and gcc
Please correct me if I'm wrong however. Here is an image of my current project and cmake setup

Creating CMake project for libwebsocket

The title states the problem statement: I'm trying to create a CMake project utilizing the libwebsocket library, but I can't find any information for doing so.
Is there anyone who have tried this? A simple CMakeLists.txt for e.g. the test-server program would be much appreciated!
I've compiled and installed the library on my Ubuntu 14.04 machine.
EDIT: I would also like to know if anyone has experience in using the libwebsocket lib w/ C++?
EDIT 2:
After using #evadeflow's answer I'm able to run cmake and build the project. However now I get the following runtime error:
And here's an ls of the /usr/local/lib/ folder
It seems like the libwebsockets.so.7 file is not found?
From CMake:
${LIB_WEBSOCKETS_INCLUDE_DIRS} = /usr/local/lib
${LIB_WEBSOCKETS_INSTALL_DIR} = /usr/local
EDIT 3:
Solved edit 2 by:
Editing the file /etc/ld.so.conf and add /usr/local/lib.
Reference: https://lonesysadmin.net/2013/02/22/error-while-loading-shared-libraries-cannot-open-shared-object-file/
If you've already installed libwebsockets, something like this ought to work:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
find_package(PkgConfig)
pkg_check_modules(LIB_WEBSOCKETS REQUIRED libwebsockets)
get_filename_component(
LIB_WEBSOCKETS_INSTALL_DIR
${LIB_WEBSOCKETS_LIBRARY_DIRS}
DIRECTORY
)
add_executable(
test-server
test-server/test-server.c
test-server/test-server-http.c
test-server/test-server-dumb-increment.c
test-server/test-server-mirror.c
test-server/test-server-status.c
test-server/test-server-echogen.c
)
target_link_libraries(
test-server
${LIB_WEBSOCKETS_LIBRARIES}
)
set_target_properties(
test-server
PROPERTIES
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
${LIB_WEBSOCKETS_INCLUDE_DIRS}
LINK_FLAGS
"-L${LIB_WEBSOCKETS_LIBRARY_DIRS}"
COMPILE_DEFINITIONS
INSTALL_DATADIR="${LIB_WEBSOCKETS_INSTALL_DIR}/share"
)
This is basically a stripped-down version of what's in the CMakeLists.txt file from the libwebsockets github project, without all the platform- and build-specific conditionals.
I hope this is enough to satisfy your request for a 'simple' CMakeLists.txt example. I tested it with CMake version 2.8.12.2; it should work fine as-is if you've installed libwebsockets to its default prefix of /usr/local; however, if you installed to a different location, you will need to set PKG_CONFIG_PATH in the environment from which you invoke cmake.
Also, as explained in the CMake documentation, you will need to replace DIRECTORY with PATH in the get_filename_component() invocation if you're using CMake 2.8.11 or earlier.
UPDATE: Regarding the file not found error from your follow-up comment, this is almost certainly due to libwebsocket.so[.7] not being on the linker's default path. There are at least three ways to fix this, but the easiest way to verify that this is the problem would be to just launch the app from the terminal using:
$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib ./test-server
If it works, you know that was the issue. (Oops—I see you've figured it out in the meantime. Yeah, updating /etc/ld.so.conf is another way. Or, you can force CMake to link to the static version of libwebsockets [as described in this answer] is another. But I like your solution best.)
UPDATE: One thing that wasn't mentioned about /etc/ld.so.conf is that you generally need to run sudo /sbin/ldconfig after editing it in order to update the shared library cache. And—when setting non-default paths for a particular application—many people consider it good form to add a new 'sub-config file' in /etc/ld.so.conf.d rather than edit the global ldconfig file. (For the case of adding /usr/local/lib, though, this is such a common requirement I'd be inclined to dump it in the global config, which is what lots of Linux distros do, anyway.)

Viewing CPython Code in CLion

Sorry for a question that might appear stupid to more experienced developers: I am still a newcomer to C and C++.
I come from Python/Java development land and am trying to get a better insight into C and C++. I installed JetBrains CLion and cloned CPython mercurial repository. However when I started looking at the source code, I realized that Clion was highlighting a lot of constructs that seemed to be working. For instance:
Or
As far as I can see, Clion seems the have problem with the identation style of Python, C code, but once again, I might be wrong.
How Clion configurations can be altered for it to properly parse the CPython code?
CPython uses GNU Autotools for the build, but that toolset is not supported by CLion. See issues CPP-494 and CPP-193. CLion currently supports only one build system - CMake.
You can create your own CMakeLists.txt file and list the sources in there. This will help CLion to understand the structure of the source tree and allow it to find the headers etc:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
project(cpython)
file(GLOB SOURCE_FILES
Python/*.c
Parser/*.c
Objects/*.c
Modules/*.c)
include_directories(Include)
add_executable(cpython ${SOURCE_FILES})
For the actual build, use standard build tools from command line. Alternatively, custom command can be added to CMakeLists.txt to call make. See add_custom_command for that.
As mentioned in the above answer you need a CMake Project to allow CLion to build Python.
In fact there is already a CMakeList.txt-files for CPython, that is maintained independently from the official sources:
https://github.com/python-cmake-buildsystem/python-cmake-buildsystem
I didn't test it with CLion but it should do the job...

Including PLplot in a C project

I am working on a C project I downloaded from the Internet, and I need to use some PLplot functions for visualization.
However, I am quite new to both PLplot and cmake, and I need help to modify the CMakeLists.txt file accordingly.
I tried adding the following in the CMakeLists.txt file, but it didn't work (failed to find PLplot):
PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PLPLOT REQUIRED plplot)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${PLPLOT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
LINK_DIRECTORIES(${PLPLOT_LIBRARY_DIRS})
ADD_EXECUTABLE(main main.c)
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(main ${PLPLOT_LIBRARIES})
I also tried to define the paths manually as follows:
SET(PLPLOT_INCLUDE_DIRS "/usr/local/PLplot/include/plplot")
SET(PLPLOT_LIBRARY_DIRS "/usr/local/PLplot/lib")
but it is still failing, I guess because I didn't define PLPLOT_LIBRARIES which I don't know what it is
Note that on the laptop I am working on (running Kubuntu OS), PLplot is installed under /usr/local/PLplot

mongo c libs not found on Mac with Eclipse

I built MongoDB C drivers from a tar distro on OSX (Mavericks). Built ok and installed to /usr/local/lib along with libbson. Made links to /usr/lib.
It built libbson-1.0.0.dylib, libbson-1.0.la, libmongoc-1.0.0.dylib, and libmongoc-1.0.la.
Not "*.a" files built tho, for whatever reason, by the makefile.
I added /usr/local/lib to my Eclipse project's lib dir params, and includes to /usr/local/include.
The includes were found during compile but linking failed because symbols from the libbson & libmongoc were not found. I'm winding about the lack of "*.a" files--not sure if Eclipse knows what to do with dylib files.
How can I make Eclipse find the needed libs?
Have you tried to add "-llibbson-1.0.0 -llibbson-1.0 -llibmongoc-1.0" to the linker flags ?

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