TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES({$LIBNAME}) is not a correct syntax It does need target (you link your library to some other library or executable, and this library or executable is called target) TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(<target> "${LIBNAME}") should work For example, if you want to link something with mysqld, you add to CMakeLists.txt TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mysqld "${LIBNAME}") From: Maria-developers [mailto:maria-developers-bounces+wlad=montyprogram.com@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of rg Sent: Montag, 19. August 2013 01:53 To: maria-developers@lists.launchpad.net Subject: [Maria-developers] linking an external library Folks, I want to link an external library for a language extension. After several hours of trying to tell cmake (^%$@*&) to pick it up for linking the library would still not be built with. CMakeLists.txt in trunk/sql is in the meantime full of pointers to the library without avail. I did the normal FIND_LIBRARY() followed by TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES({$LIBNAME}) on various targets plus as nothing worked: SET(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH) on it, explicity LINK_DIRECTORIES(), SET(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH), SET(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH) ... How do I link mariadb with an external library?? Thanks Rob