# Question about 'LIBRARY\_SEARCH\_PATHS' and static libraries.

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/question-about-library-search-paths-and-static-libraries/2783
**Category:** Usage
**Tags:** gen:xcode
**Created:** [February 17, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/question-about-library-search-paths-and-static-libraries/2783 "2021-02-17T10:54:37Z")
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### Author: ![craig.scott](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/craig.scott/32/20_2.png) [@craig.scott](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/craig.scott)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/question-about-library-search-paths-and-static-libraries/2783/7 "2021-03-19T21:17:07Z")

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Have you tried the latest CMake release? Check out the [XCODE\_LINK\_BUILD\_PHASE\_MODE](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/prop_tgt/XCODE_LINK_BUILD_PHASE_MODE.html), which is available since CMake 3.19. That should take care of the library search path for you where needed. For your example where you link to a library not built by your project, you probably need it to be set to `KNOWN_LOCATION` and specify the path to the library to be linked as a full absolute path.

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