# cmake: how to use libtorch in my project
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-how-to-use-libtorch-in-my-project/5092
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [February 23, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-how-to-use-libtorch-in-my-project/5092 "2022-02-23T04:57:26Z")
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### Author:  [@zhang-qiang-github](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/zhang-qiang-github)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-how-to-use-libtorch-in-my-project/5092/1 "2022-02-23T04:57:26Z")
I want to use libtorch in my project.
The libtorch release the debug/release version:
```auto
Download here (Release version):
https://download.pytorch.org/libtorch/cu102/libtorch-win-shared-with-deps-1.10.2%2Bcu102.zip
Download here (Debug version):
https://download.pytorch.org/libtorch/cu102/libtorch-win-shared-with-deps-debug-1.10.2%2Bcu102.zip
```
Both debug/release contain a cmake file. I can seperately use libtorch by provide the libtorch\_dir as: libtorch\_debug/xx/TorchConfig.cmake or libtorch\_release/xx/TorchConfig.cmake.
However, in this way, if I want to switch debug to release in vs, I need to cmake again.
Is it possible to cmake once and switch vs from debug to release?
Any suggestion is appreciated~~~
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-how-to-use-libtorch-in-my-project/5092/2 "2022-02-23T15:35:21Z")
When the configuration file changes like that, there’s no way to support it with a single configure. There needs to be a single `TorchConfig.cmake` file which makes both the release and debug builds available (as configuration-specific property values).