execute cmake on command line not finding package

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Hello,

I cloned this repo, and inorder to build in requires another external library. I go to the folder and execute the command:

cmake  -S . -B build/ -G Ninja

but it returns:

CMake Error at C:/Program Files/CMake/share/cmake- 
 3.15/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:137 (message):
 Could NOT find Freetype (missing: FREETYPE_LIBRARY FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS).

I assumed I just had to set up manually the freetype variables, so I did:

cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF - 
DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2=%ROOT_DIR%/external/freetype/include/freetype - 
DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_ft2build=%ROOT_DIR%/external/freetype/include - 
DFREETYPE_LIBRARY_RELEASE=%ROOT_DIR%/external/freetype/build/freetyped.lib -S . -B build/ -G Ninja

but still getting the same error.
how do make cmake to find the packages using the command line?

Thanks in advance

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That is not and cmake issue and has nothing to do with the comand line!

dit you really build and install FreeType / FreeType · GitLab ?

Where is the freetype-config-version.cmake file on your system?

or use fetch contents to build them on the fly …

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I found the answer here. Sorry, I am just learning and got confused on what was producing the error.

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Sorry, the answer at StackOverflow a hack!

May be it helps, but if you use find_packge(Freetype ...) you have to install it in right way!

You may set Freetype_DIR or set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to find them!