cmake including h files from other directories

Question

I am having trouble including a test under a cmake project. My project is set out like this:

                                       TerrainMap
                                        /     \
                         PointAccumulator     heightQuadGrid
                                                \
                                                 Test

In the TerrainMap Directory the CMakeLists.txt file simply outlines the cmake version the project name and includes the two sub directories.

In heightQuadGrid the CMakeLists.txt looks like this:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

find_package(PCL 1.2 REQUIRED)
find_package(OpenCV REQUIRED)

include_directories(${PCL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
link_directories(${PCL_LIBRARY_DIRS})
add_definitions(${PCL_DEFINITIONS})

add_library(heightQuadGrid heightQuadGrid.cpp)

add_subdirectory(Test)

which as I understand makes a library called heightQuadGrid. The CMakeLists.txt in Test looks like this:

FIND_PACKAGE(PCL 1.2 REQUIRED)
FIND_PACKAGE(OpenCV REQUIRED)
FIND_PACKAGE(Boost COMPONENTS unit_test_framework REQUIRED)

include_directories(${PCL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
link_directories(${PCL_LIBRARY_DIRS})
add_definitions(${PCL_DEFINITIONS} )

link_libraries(heightQuadGrid)

add_executable(heightQuadTreeTest heightQuadGridTest.cpp)
target_link_libraries (heightQuadTreeTest heightQuadGrid ${PCL_LIBRARIES} ${OpenCV_LIBS} ${Boost_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIBRARY})

And finally the cpp file heightQuadGridTest.cpp has this include:

#include <heightQuadGrid/heightQuadGrid.h>

The cmake works correctly but when i go to make the project it tells me that it cannot find heightQuadGrid/heightQuadGrid.h

Whats the deal as I have seen a very similar approach in another working project?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '12 at 23:53

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#include <heightQuadGrid/heightQuadGrid.h>

This syntax indicates that one of the "include directories" for the project should be the directory above the heightQuadGrid dir. In the cmakelists.txt file for the heightQuadTreeTest executable, you need to go up two directories, and add that as an include directory:

include_directories(../../)

answered Apr 02 '12 at 23:53

tmpearce

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No I don't think so, to me this indicates i am trying to get heightQuadGrid.h from the library heightQuadGrid which i have linked appropriately. – Fantastic Mr Fox Apr 03 '12 at 01:59
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Correct me if I'm wrong (I don't have your directory structure on my machine) but "linking appropriately" tells the *linker* where to look... the include directories tell the *compiler* where to look. – tmpearce Apr 03 '12 at 02:30
Ok I think I understand what you mean, but would i need to include 2 directories up or just one to where heightQuadGrid.h is? And then how do i include it in my cpp file, the way I have done? – Fantastic Mr Fox Apr 03 '12 at 04:01
My apologies this worked. Im not sure I really understand why though. But thankyou. A more neat looking solution to this for anyone is to do include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}) – Fantastic Mr Fox Apr 03 '12 at 04:46
Glad it worked. When you `#include` something, the compiler looks at the "include directories", then looks for the file relative to those (including subdirectories you have in that `#include`). In your case, `heightQuadGrid` is the subdir and `heightQuadGrid.h` is the file. So you need the directory *above* that subdir so when the whole thing gets appended, the full path is valid. `include_dir/subdir/file` in other words. As you note, `${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}` works too - that's because in this case, it is the same directory as `../../` in your directory structure. – tmpearce Apr 03 '12 at 05:03

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