# target\_include\_directories error

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [October 10, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164 "2023-10-10T14:01:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author: ![tanmayd26](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/tanmayd26/32/3899_2.png) [@tanmayd26](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/tanmayd26)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164/1 "2023-10-10T14:01:51Z")

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````auto
This is snippet in my CMakeLists.txt. I have set the architecture but I still get error when I am making my packages.if(CUDA_FOUND)
  enable_language(CUDA)
  include(FindCUDA)

  set(CUDA_PROPAGATE_HOST_FLAGS OFF)
  set(
      CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS
      ${CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS};
      -std=c++11
      -maxrregcount=32;
      -O3;
      -arch=sm_35;
      -w

CMake Error at autorally/autorally_core/src/StateEstimator/CMakeLists.txt:18 (target_include_directories):
  Cannot specify include directories for target
  "/usr/local/lib/cmake/GTSAM/../../../include" which is not built by this
  project.

==========/usr/local/lib/GeographicLib::GeographicLib_SHARED
CMake Warning at autorally/autorally_core/src/CameraAutoBalance/CMakeLists.txt:44 (message):
  Could not find Spinnaker library. Will not build CameraAutoBalance for
  FLIR cameras

-- +++ processing catkin package: 'autorally_control'
-- ==> add_subdirectory(autorally/autorally_control)
-- Using these message generators: gencpp;geneus;genlisp;gennodejs;genpy
-- Found Boost: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/Boost-1.71.0/BoostConfig.cmake (found suitable version "1.71.0", minimum required is "1.55.0")  
CMake Warning (dev) at /opt/ros/noetic/share/dynamic_reconfigure/cmake/dynamic_reconfigure-macros.cmake:128 (find_package):
  Policy CMP0148 is not set: The FindPythonInterp and FindPythonLibs modules
  are removed. Run "cmake --help-policy CMP0148" for policy details. Use
  the cmake_policy command to set the policy and suppress this warning.

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /opt/ros/noetic/share/dynamic_reconfigure/cmake/dynamic_reconfigure-macros.cmake:89 (dynreconf_called)
  autorally/autorally_control/CMakeLists.txt:24 (generate_dynamic_reconfigure_options)
This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

-- Installing devel-space wrapper /home/tanmayd26/catkin_ws/src/autorally/autorally_control/src/gpsWaypoint/GenerateWaypoints to /home/tanmayd26/catkin_ws/devel/lib/autorally_control
CMake Warning (dev) at autorally/autorally_control/src/path_integral/CMakeLists.txt:18 (find_package):
  Policy CMP0146 is not set: The FindCUDA module is removed. Run "cmake
  --help-policy CMP0146" for policy details. Use the cmake_policy command to
  set the policy and suppress this warning.

This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.27/Modules/CMakeDetermineCUDACompiler.cmake:277 (message):
  CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES must be non-empty if set.```
````

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164/2 "2023-10-10T17:09:27Z")

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Cc: @robert.maynard

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### Author: ![robert.maynard](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/robert.maynard/32/4_2.png) [@robert.maynard](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/robert.maynard)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164/3 "2023-10-10T17:39:54Z")

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Changed the title, as the issue is with incorrect usage of `target_include_directories`. Not relationship to CUDA.

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### Author: ![robert.maynard](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/robert.maynard/32/4_2.png) [@robert.maynard](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/robert.maynard)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164/4 "2023-10-10T17:42:42Z")

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> [@tanmayd26](#):
>
> `autorally/autorally_core/src/StateEstimator/CMakeLists.txt:18`

Is calling `target_include_directories` on a target named `"/usr/local/lib/cmake/GTSAM/../../../include"` which most likely means that the call looks something like:

```cmake
target_include_directories(${variable_that_doesnt_exist} "${path_var1}" "${path_var2}")

```

That is causing the target name to be selected from `path_var1`.

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### Author: ![tanmayd26](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/tanmayd26/32/3899_2.png) [@tanmayd26](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/tanmayd26)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164/5 "2023-10-10T18:17:43Z")

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So I was just trying different scopes but the original is `include_directories(SYSTEM ${GTSAM_INCLUDE_DIR} "/usr/local/include" ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})`

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### Author: ![tanmayd26](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/tanmayd26/32/3899_2.png) [@tanmayd26](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/tanmayd26)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164/6 "2023-10-10T18:22:40Z")

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Also I am not sure why it says ` CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES must be non-empty if set.`

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### Author: ![tanmayd26](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/tanmayd26/32/3899_2.png) [@tanmayd26](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/tanmayd26)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164/7 "2023-10-11T14:22:08Z")

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Any Idea what am I doing wrong?

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164/8 "2023-10-11T15:50:19Z")

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Please provide the CMake code that is failing. It’s hard to say what to check in your source with just the error messages.

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### Author: ![tanmayd26](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/tanmayd26/32/3899_2.png) [@tanmayd26](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/tanmayd26)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164/9 "2023-10-11T16:27:46Z")

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This is the cmake file where I am getting error. The error is on line below “if(DEFINED CMAKE\_CUDA\_ARCHITECTURES)” I have also attached CMakeList which I am using which is at the bottom.

```auto
  CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES must be non-empty if set.

```

```auto
# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License. See accompanying
# file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.

include(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompiler.cmake)
include(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakeParseImplicitLinkInfo.cmake)

if( NOT ( ("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Make") OR
          ("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Ninja") OR
          ("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Visual Studio (1|[9][0-9])") ) )
  message(FATAL_ERROR "CUDA language not currently supported by \"${CMAKE_GENERATOR}\" generator")
endif()

if(${CMAKE_GENERATOR} MATCHES "Visual Studio")
  if(DEFINED ENV{CUDAHOSTCXX} OR DEFINED CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER)
    message(WARNING "Visual Studio does not support specifying CUDAHOSTCXX or CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER. Using the C++ compiler provided by Visual Studio.")
  endif()
else()
  if(NOT CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER)
    set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_INIT NOTFOUND)

    # prefer the environment variable CUDACXX
    if(NOT $ENV{CUDACXX} STREQUAL "")
      get_filename_component(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_INIT $ENV{CUDACXX} PROGRAM PROGRAM_ARGS CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
      if(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
        set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ARG1 "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS_ENV_INIT}" CACHE STRING "Arguments to CUDA compiler")
      endif()
      if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_INIT})
        message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find compiler set in environment variable CUDACXX:\n$ENV{CUDACXX}.\n${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_INIT}")
      endif()
    endif()

    # finally list compilers to try
    if(NOT CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_INIT)
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIST nvcc)
    endif()

    set(_CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_PATHS "$ENV{CUDA_PATH}/bin")
    _cmake_find_compiler(CUDA)
    unset(_CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_PATHS)
  else()
    _cmake_find_compiler_path(CUDA)
  endif()

  mark_as_advanced(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER)

  #Allow the user to specify a host compiler except for Visual Studio
  if(NOT $ENV{CUDAHOSTCXX} STREQUAL "")
    get_filename_component(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER $ENV{CUDAHOSTCXX} PROGRAM)
    if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER})
      message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find compiler set in environment variable CUDAHOSTCXX:\n$ENV{CUDAHOSTCXX}.\n${CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER}")
    endif()
  endif()
endif()

if(NOT "$ENV{CUDAARCHS}" STREQUAL "")
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES "$ENV{CUDAARCHS}" CACHE STRING "CUDA architectures")
endif()

# Build a small source file to identify the compiler.
if(NOT CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID_RUN)
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID_RUN 1)

  include(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake)

  if(${CMAKE_GENERATOR} MATCHES "Visual Studio")
    # We will not know CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER until the main compiler id step
    # below extracts it, but we do know that the compiler id will be NVIDIA.
    set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID "NVIDIA")
  else()
    # We determine the vendor to help with find the toolkit and use the right flags for detection right away.
    # The main compiler identification is still needed below to extract other information.
    list(APPEND CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID_VENDORS NVIDIA Clang)
    set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID_VENDOR_REGEX_NVIDIA "nvcc: NVIDIA \\(R\\) Cuda compiler driver")
    set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID_VENDOR_REGEX_Clang "(clang version)")
    CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_VENDOR(CUDA "--version")

    if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" AND WIN32)
      message(FATAL_ERROR "Clang with CUDA is not yet supported on Windows. See CMake issue #20776.")
    endif()

    # Find the CUDA toolkit. We store the CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT, CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_VERSION and
    # CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIBRARY_ROOT in CMakeCUDACompiler.cmake so FindCUDAToolkit can avoid searching on future
    # runs and the toolkit is the same.
    # This is very similar to FindCUDAToolkit, but somewhat simplified since we can issue fatal errors
    # if we fail and we don't need to account for searching the libraries.

    # For NVCC we can easily deduce the SDK binary directory from the compiler path.
    if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NVIDIA")
      set(_CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER}")
    else()
      # Search using CUDAToolkit_ROOT and then CUDA_PATH for equivalence with FindCUDAToolkit.
      # In FindCUDAToolkit CUDAToolkit_ROOT is searched automatically due to being in a find_package().
      # First we search candidate non-default paths to give them priority.
      find_program(_CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE
        NAMES nvcc nvcc.exe
        PATHS ${CUDAToolkit_ROOT}
        ENV CUDAToolkit_ROOT
        ENV CUDA_PATH
        PATH_SUFFIXES bin
        NO_DEFAULT_PATH
      )

      # If we didn't find NVCC, then try the default paths.
      find_program(_CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE
        NAMES nvcc nvcc.exe
        PATH_SUFFIXES bin
      )

      # If the user specified CUDAToolkit_ROOT but nvcc could not be found, this is an error.
      if(NOT _CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE AND (DEFINED CUDAToolkit_ROOT OR DEFINED ENV{CUDAToolkit_ROOT}))
        set(fail_base "Could not find nvcc executable in path specified by")

        if(DEFINED CUDAToolkit_ROOT)
          message(FATAL_ERROR "${fail_base} CUDAToolkit_ROOT=${CUDAToolkit_ROOT}")
        elseif(DEFINED ENV{CUDAToolkit_ROOT})
          message(FATAL_ERROR "${fail_base} environment variable CUDAToolkit_ROOT=$ENV{CUDAToolkit_ROOT}")
        endif()
      endif()

      # CUDAToolkit_ROOT cmake/env variable not specified, try platform defaults.
      #
      # - Linux: /usr/local/cuda-X.Y
      # - macOS: /Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-X.Y
      # - Windows: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\vX.Y
      #
      # We will also search the default symlink location /usr/local/cuda first since
      # if CUDAToolkit_ROOT is not specified, it is assumed that the symlinked
      # directory is the desired location.
      if(NOT _CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE)
        if(UNIX)
          if(NOT APPLE)
            set(platform_base "/usr/local/cuda-")
          else()
            set(platform_base "/Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-")
          endif()
        else()
          set(platform_base "C:\\Program Files\\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\\CUDA\\v")
        endif()

        # Build out a descending list of possible cuda installations, e.g.
        file(GLOB possible_paths "${platform_base}*")
        # Iterate the glob results and create a descending list.
        set(versions)
        foreach(p ${possible_paths})
          # Extract version number from end of string
          string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9][0-9]?\\.[0-9]$" p_version ${p})
          if(IS_DIRECTORY ${p} AND p_version)
            list(APPEND versions ${p_version})
          endif()
        endforeach()

        # Sort numerically in descending order, so we try the newest versions first.
        list(SORT versions COMPARE NATURAL ORDER DESCENDING)

        # With a descending list of versions, populate possible paths to search.
        set(search_paths)
        foreach(v ${versions})
          list(APPEND search_paths "${platform_base}${v}")
        endforeach()

        # Force the global default /usr/local/cuda to the front on Unix.
        if(UNIX)
          list(INSERT search_paths 0 "/usr/local/cuda")
        endif()

        # Now search for nvcc again using the platform default search paths.
        find_program(_CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE
          NAMES nvcc nvcc.exe
          PATHS ${search_paths}
          PATH_SUFFIXES bin
        )

        # We are done with these variables now, cleanup.
        unset(platform_base)
        unset(possible_paths)
        unset(versions)
        unset(search_paths)

        if(NOT _CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE)
          message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to find nvcc.\nCompiler ${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID} requires the CUDA toolkit. Please set the CUDAToolkit_ROOT variable.")
        endif()
      endif()
    endif()

    # Given that NVCC can be provided by multiple different sources (NVIDIA HPC SDK, CUDA Toolkit, distro)
    # each of which has a different layout, we need to extract the CUDA toolkit root from the compiler
    # itself, allowing us to support numerous different scattered toolkit layouts
    execute_process(COMMAND ${_CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE} "-v" "__cmake_determine_cuda"
      OUTPUT_VARIABLE _CUDA_NVCC_OUT ERROR_VARIABLE _CUDA_NVCC_OUT)
    if(_CUDA_NVCC_OUT MATCHES "\\#\\$ TOP=([^\r\n]*)")
      get_filename_component(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}" ABSOLUTE)
    else()
      get_filename_component(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT "${_CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE}" DIRECTORY)
      get_filename_component(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}" DIRECTORY)
    endif()

    if(_CUDA_NVCC_OUT MATCHES "\\#\\$ NVVMIR_LIBRARY_DIR=([^\r\n]*)")
      get_filename_component(_CUDA_NVVMIR_LIBRARY_DIR "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}" ABSOLUTE)

      #We require the path to end in `/nvvm/libdevice'
      if(_CUDA_NVVMIR_LIBRARY_DIR MATCHES "nvvm/libdevice$")
        get_filename_component(_CUDA_NVVMIR_LIBRARY_DIR "${_CUDA_NVVMIR_LIBRARY_DIR}/../.." ABSOLUTE)
        set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIBRARY_ROOT_FROM_NVVMIR_LIBRARY_DIR "${_CUDA_NVVMIR_LIBRARY_DIR}")
      endif()

      unset(_CUDA_NVVMIR_LIBRARY_DIR)
      unset(_cuda_nvvmir_dir_name)
    endif()
    unset(_CUDA_NVCC_OUT)

    set(CMAKE_CUDA_DEVICE_LINKER "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}/bin/nvlink${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}")
    set(CMAKE_CUDA_FATBINARY "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}/bin/fatbinary${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}")

    # In a non-scattered installation the following are equivalent to CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT.
    # We first check for a non-scattered installation to prefer it over a scattered installation.

    # CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIBRARY_ROOT contains the device library.
    if(DEFINED CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIBRARY_ROOT_FROM_NVVMIR_LIBRARY_DIR)
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIBRARY_ROOT "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIBRARY_ROOT_FROM_NVVMIR_LIBRARY_DIR}")
    elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}/nvvm/libdevice")
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIBRARY_ROOT "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}")
    elseif(CMAKE_SYSROOT_LINK AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_SYSROOT_LINK}/usr/lib/cuda/nvvm/libdevice")
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIBRARY_ROOT "${CMAKE_SYSROOT_LINK}/usr/lib/cuda")
    elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/cuda/nvvm/libdevice")
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIBRARY_ROOT "${CMAKE_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/cuda")
    else()
      message(FATAL_ERROR "Couldn't find CUDA library root.")
    endif()
    unset(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIBRARY_ROOT_FROM_NVVMIR_LIBRARY_DIR)

    # CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_LIBRARY_ROOT contains the linking stubs necessary for device linking and other low-level library files.
    if(CMAKE_SYSROOT_LINK AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_SYSROOT_LINK}/usr/lib/nvidia-cuda-toolkit/bin/crt/link.stub")
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_LIBRARY_ROOT "${CMAKE_SYSROOT_LINK}/usr/lib/nvidia-cuda-toolkit")
    elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/nvidia-cuda-toolkit/bin/crt/link.stub")
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_LIBRARY_ROOT "${CMAKE_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/nvidia-cuda-toolkit")
    else()
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_LIBRARY_ROOT "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}")
    endif()
  endif()

  # For regular nvcc we the toolkit version is the same as the compiler version and we can parse it from the vendor test output.
  # For Clang we need to invoke nvcc to get version output.
  if(NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio")
    if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
      execute_process(COMMAND ${_CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE} "--version" OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID_OUTPUT)
    endif()

    if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID_OUTPUT MATCHES [=[V([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)]=])
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
    endif()
  endif()

  set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID_FLAGS_ALWAYS "-v")

  if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NVIDIA")
    set(nvcc_test_flags "--keep --keep-dir tmp")
    if(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER)
      string(APPEND nvcc_test_flags " -ccbin=\"${CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER}\"")
    endif()
    # If we have extracted the vendor as NVIDIA we should require detection to
    # work. If we don't, users will get confusing errors later about failure
    # to detect a default value for CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES
    set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID_REQUIRE_SUCCESS ON)
  elseif(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
    set(clang_test_flags "--cuda-path=\"${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIBRARY_ROOT}\"")
    if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
      # Need to pass the host target and include directories if we're crosscompiling.
      string(APPEND clang_test_flags " --sysroot=\"${CMAKE_SYSROOT}\" --target=${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TARGET}")
    endif()
  endif()

  # Rest of the code treats an empty value as equivalent to "use the defaults".
  # Error out early to prevent confusing errors as a result of this.
  # Note that this also catches invalid non-numerical values such as "a".
  if(DEFINED CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES)
    if(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES STREQUAL "")
      message(FATAL_ERROR "CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES must be non-empty if set.")
    elseif(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES AND NOT CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES MATCHES "^([0-9]+a?(-real|-virtual)?(;[0-9]+a?(-real|-virtual)?|;)*|all|all-major|native)$")
      message(FATAL_ERROR
        "CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES:\n"
        " ${CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES}\n"
        "is not one of the following:\n"
        " * a semicolon-separated list of integers, each optionally\n"
        " followed by '-real' or '-virtual'\n"
        " * a special value: all, all-major, native\n"
        )
    endif()
  endif()

  if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
    # Clang doesn't automatically select an architecture supported by the SDK.
    # Try in reverse order of deprecation with the most recent at front (i.e. the most likely to work for new setups).
    foreach(arch "52" "30" "20")
      list(APPEND CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID_TEST_FLAGS_FIRST "${clang_test_flags} --cuda-gpu-arch=sm_${arch}")
    endforeach()
  elseif(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NVIDIA")
    list(APPEND CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID_TEST_FLAGS_FIRST "${nvcc_test_flags}")
  endif()

  # We perform compiler identification for a second time to extract implicit linking info and host compiler for NVCC.
  # We need to unset the compiler ID otherwise CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID() doesn't work.
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID)
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_PLATFORM_ID)
  file(READ ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakePlatformId.h.in
    CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID_PLATFORM_CONTENT)

  CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID(CUDA CUDAFLAGS CMakeCUDACompilerId.cu)

  if(${CMAKE_GENERATOR} MATCHES "Visual Studio")
    # Now that we have the path to nvcc, we can compute the toolkit root.
    get_filename_component(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER}" DIRECTORY)
    get_filename_component(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}" DIRECTORY)
    set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LIBRARY_ROOT "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}")

    # The compiler comes with the toolkit, so the versions are the same.
    set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_VERSION ${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION})
  endif()

  include(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CUDA/architectures.cmake)

  _cmake_find_compiler_sysroot(CUDA)
endif()

set(_CMAKE_PROCESSING_LANGUAGE "CUDA")
include(CMakeFindBinUtils)
include(Compiler/${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID}-FindBinUtils OPTIONAL)
unset(_CMAKE_PROCESSING_LANGUAGE)

if(MSVC_CUDA_ARCHITECTURE_ID)
  set(SET_MSVC_CUDA_ARCHITECTURE_ID
    "set(MSVC_CUDA_ARCHITECTURE_ID ${MSVC_CUDA_ARCHITECTURE_ID})")
endif()

if(${CMAKE_GENERATOR} MATCHES "Visual Studio")
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_LINK_LAUNCHER "${CMAKE_LINKER}")
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES "")
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_FRAMEWORK_DIRECTORIES "")

  # We do not currently detect CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES but we
  # do need to detect CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT from the compiler by
  # looking at which cudart library exists in the implicit link libraries passed
  # to the host linker.
  if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_PRODUCED_OUTPUT MATCHES "link\\.exe [^\n]*cudart_static\\.lib")
    set(CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT "STATIC")
  elseif(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_PRODUCED_OUTPUT MATCHES "link\\.exe [^\n]*cudart\\.lib")
    set(CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT "SHARED")
  else()
    set(CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT "NONE")
  endif()
  set(_SET_CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT
    "set(CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT \"${CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT}\")")
elseif(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
  string(REGEX MATCHALL "-target-cpu sm_([0-9]+)" target_cpus "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_PRODUCED_OUTPUT}")

  foreach(cpu ${target_cpus})
    string(REGEX MATCH "-target-cpu sm_([0-9]+)" dont_care "${cpu}")
    list(APPEND architectures_detected "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
  endforeach()

  # Find target directory when crosscompiling.
  if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "armv7-a")
      # Support for NVPACK
      set(_CUDA_TARGET_NAME "armv7-linux-androideabi")
    elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "arm")
      set(_CUDA_TARGET_NAME "armv7-linux-gnueabihf")
    elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "aarch64")
      if(ANDROID_ARCH_NAME STREQUAL "arm64")
        set(_CUDA_TARGET_NAME "aarch64-linux-androideabi")
      else()
        set(_CUDA_TARGET_NAME "aarch64-linux")
      endif()
    elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "x86_64")
      set(_CUDA_TARGET_NAME "x86_64-linux")
    endif()

    if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}/targets/${_CUDA_TARGET_NAME}")
      set(_CUDA_TARGET_DIR "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}/targets/${_CUDA_TARGET_NAME}")
    endif()
  endif()

  # If not already set we can simply use the toolkit root or it's a scattered installation.
  if(NOT _CUDA_TARGET_DIR)
    set(_CUDA_TARGET_DIR "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}")
  endif()

  # We can't use find_library() yet at this point, so try a few guesses.
  if(EXISTS "${_CUDA_TARGET_DIR}/lib64")
    set(_CUDA_LIBRARY_DIR "${_CUDA_TARGET_DIR}/lib64")
  elseif(EXISTS "${_CUDA_TARGET_DIR}/lib/x64")
    set(_CUDA_LIBRARY_DIR "${_CUDA_TARGET_DIR}/lib/x64")
  elseif(EXISTS "${_CUDA_TARGET_DIR}/lib")
    set(_CUDA_LIBRARY_DIR "${_CUDA_TARGET_DIR}/lib")
  else()
    message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find _CUDA_LIBRARY_DIR based on _CUDA_TARGET_DIR=${_CUDA_TARGET_DIR}")
  endif()

  # _CUDA_TARGET_DIR always points to the directory containing the include directory.
  # On a scattered installation /usr, on a non-scattered something like /usr/local/cuda or /usr/local/cuda-10.2/targets/aarch64-linux.
  if(EXISTS "${_CUDA_TARGET_DIR}/include/cuda_runtime.h")
    set(_CUDA_INCLUDE_DIR "${_CUDA_TARGET_DIR}/include")
  else()
    message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find cuda_runtime.h in \"${_CUDA_TARGET_DIR}/include\" for _CUDA_INCLUDE_DIR.")
  endif()

  # Clang does not add any CUDA SDK libraries or directories when invoking the host linker.
  # Add the CUDA toolkit library directory ourselves so that linking works.
  # The CUDA runtime libraries are handled elsewhere by CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY.
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_TOOLKIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${_CUDA_INCLUDE_DIR}")
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES "${_CUDA_LIBRARY_DIR}")
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_FRAMEWORK_DIRECTORIES "")
elseif(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NVIDIA")
  set(_nvcc_log "")
  string(REPLACE "\r" "" _nvcc_output_orig "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_PRODUCED_OUTPUT}")
  if(_nvcc_output_orig MATCHES "#\\\$ +PATH= *([^\n]*)\n")
    set(_nvcc_path "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
    string(APPEND _nvcc_log " found 'PATH=' string: [${_nvcc_path}]\n")
    string(REPLACE ":" ";" _nvcc_path "${_nvcc_path}")
  else()
    set(_nvcc_path "")
    string(REPLACE "\n" "\n " _nvcc_output_log "\n${_nvcc_output_orig}")
    string(APPEND _nvcc_log " no 'PATH=' string found in nvcc output:${_nvcc_output_log}\n")
  endif()
  if(_nvcc_output_orig MATCHES "#\\\$ +LIBRARIES= *([^\n]*)\n")
    set(_nvcc_libraries "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
    string(APPEND _nvcc_log " found 'LIBRARIES=' string: [${_nvcc_libraries}]\n")
  else()
    set(_nvcc_libraries "")
    string(REPLACE "\n" "\n " _nvcc_output_log "\n${_nvcc_output_orig}")
    string(APPEND _nvcc_log " no 'LIBRARIES=' string found in nvcc output:${_nvcc_output_log}\n")
  endif()

  set(_nvcc_link_line "")
  if(_nvcc_libraries)
    # Remove variable assignments.
    string(REGEX REPLACE "#\\\$ *[^=]+=[^\n]*\n" "" _nvcc_output "${_nvcc_output_orig}")
    # Encode [] characters that break list expansion.
    string(REPLACE "[" "{==={" _nvcc_output "${_nvcc_output}")
    string(REPLACE "]" "}===}" _nvcc_output "${_nvcc_output}")
    # Split lines.
    string(REGEX REPLACE "\n+(#\\\$ )?" ";" _nvcc_output "${_nvcc_output}")
    foreach(line IN LISTS _nvcc_output)
      set(_nvcc_output_line "${line}")
      string(REPLACE "{==={" "[" _nvcc_output_line "${_nvcc_output_line}")
      string(REPLACE "}===}" "]" _nvcc_output_line "${_nvcc_output_line}")
      string(APPEND _nvcc_log " considering line: [${_nvcc_output_line}]\n")
      if("${_nvcc_output_line}" MATCHES "^ *nvlink")
        string(APPEND _nvcc_log " ignoring nvlink line\n")
      elseif(_nvcc_libraries)
        if("${_nvcc_output_line}" MATCHES "(@\"?((tmp/)?a\\.exe\\.res)\"?)")
          set(_nvcc_link_res_arg "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
          set(_nvcc_link_res_file "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
          set(_nvcc_link_res "${CMAKE_PLATFORM_INFO_DIR}/CompilerIdCUDA/${_nvcc_link_res_file}")
          if(EXISTS "${_nvcc_link_res}")
            file(READ "${_nvcc_link_res}" _nvcc_link_res_content)
            string(REPLACE "${_nvcc_link_res_arg}" "${_nvcc_link_res_content}" _nvcc_output_line "${_nvcc_output_line}")
          endif()
        endif()
        string(FIND "${_nvcc_output_line}" "${_nvcc_libraries}" _nvcc_libraries_pos)
        if(NOT _nvcc_libraries_pos EQUAL -1)
          set(_nvcc_link_line "${_nvcc_output_line}")
          string(APPEND _nvcc_log " extracted link line: [${_nvcc_link_line}]\n")
        endif()
      endif()
    endforeach()
  endif()

  if(_nvcc_link_line)
    if("x${CMAKE_CUDA_SIMULATE_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC")
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_LINK_LAUNCHER "${CMAKE_LINKER}")
    else()
      #extract the compiler that is being used for linking
      separate_arguments(_nvcc_link_line_args UNIX_COMMAND "${_nvcc_link_line}")
      list(GET _nvcc_link_line_args 0 _nvcc_host_link_launcher)
      if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${_nvcc_host_link_launcher}")
        string(APPEND _nvcc_log " extracted link launcher absolute path: [${_nvcc_host_link_launcher}]\n")
        set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_LINK_LAUNCHER "${_nvcc_host_link_launcher}")
      else()
        string(APPEND _nvcc_log " extracted link launcher name: [${_nvcc_host_link_launcher}]\n")
        find_program(_nvcc_find_host_link_launcher
          NAMES ${_nvcc_host_link_launcher}
          PATHS ${_nvcc_path} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
        find_program(_nvcc_find_host_link_launcher
          NAMES ${_nvcc_host_link_launcher})
        if(_nvcc_find_host_link_launcher)
          string(APPEND _nvcc_log " found link launcher absolute path: [${_nvcc_find_host_link_launcher}]\n")
          set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_LINK_LAUNCHER "${_nvcc_find_host_link_launcher}")
        else()
          string(APPEND _nvcc_log " could not find link launcher absolute path\n")
          set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_LINK_LAUNCHER "${_nvcc_host_link_launcher}")
        endif()
        unset(_nvcc_find_host_link_launcher CACHE)
      endif()
    endif()

    #prefix the line with cuda-fake-ld so that implicit link info believes it is
    #a link line
    set(_nvcc_link_line "cuda-fake-ld ${_nvcc_link_line}")
    CMAKE_PARSE_IMPLICIT_LINK_INFO("${_nvcc_link_line}"
                                   CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES
                                   CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES
                                   CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_FRAMEWORK_DIRECTORIES
                                   log
                                   "${CMAKE_CUDA_IMPLICIT_OBJECT_REGEX}"
                                   LANGUAGE CUDA)

    # Detect CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT from the compiler by looking at which
    # cudart library exists in the implicit link libraries passed to the host linker.
    # This is required when a project sets the cuda runtime library as part of the
    # initial flags.
    if(";${CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES};" MATCHES [[;cudart_static(\.lib)?;]])
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT "STATIC")
    elseif(";${CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES};" MATCHES [[;cudart(\.lib)?;]])
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT "SHARED")
    else()
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT "NONE")
    endif()
    set(_SET_CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT
      "set(CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT \"${CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DEFAULT}\")")

    message(CONFIGURE_LOG
      "Parsed CUDA nvcc implicit link information:\n${_nvcc_log}\n${log}\n\n")
  else()
    message(CONFIGURE_LOG
      "Failed to parse CUDA nvcc implicit link information:\n${_nvcc_log}\n\n")
    message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to extract nvcc implicit link line.")
  endif()
endif()

# CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES is detected above as the list of
# libraries that the CUDA compiler implicitly passes to the host linker.
# CMake invokes the host linker directly and so needs to pass these libraries.
# We filter out those that should not be passed unconditionally both here
# and from CMAKE_CUDA_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES in CMakeTestCUDACompiler.
set(CMAKE_CUDA_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES_EXCLUDE
  # The CUDA runtime libraries are controlled by CMAKE_CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY.
  cudart cudart.lib
  cudart_static cudart_static.lib
  cudadevrt cudadevrt.lib

  # Dependencies of the CUDA static runtime library on Linux hosts.
  rt
  pthread
  dl
  )
list(REMOVE_ITEM CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_CUDA_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES_EXCLUDE})

if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_SYSROOT)
  string(CONCAT _SET_CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_SYSROOT
    "set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_SYSROOT \"${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_SYSROOT}\")\n"
    "set(CMAKE_COMPILER_SYSROOT \"${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_SYSROOT}\")")
else()
  set(_SET_CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_SYSROOT "")
endif()

# Determine CMAKE_CUDA_TOOLKIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NVIDIA")
  set(CMAKE_CUDA_TOOLKIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
  string(REPLACE "\r" "" _nvcc_output_orig "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_PRODUCED_OUTPUT}")
  if(_nvcc_output_orig MATCHES "#\\\$ +INCLUDES= *([^\n]*)\n")
    set(_nvcc_includes "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
    string(APPEND _nvcc_log " found 'INCLUDES=' string: [${_nvcc_includes}]\n")
  else()
    set(_nvcc_includes "")
    string(REPLACE "\n" "\n " _nvcc_output_log "\n${_nvcc_output_orig}")
    string(APPEND _nvcc_log " no 'INCLUDES=' string found in nvcc output:${_nvcc_output_log}\n")
  endif()
  if(_nvcc_includes)
    # across all operating system each include directory is prefixed with -I
    separate_arguments(_nvcc_output NATIVE_COMMAND "${_nvcc_includes}")
    foreach(line IN LISTS _nvcc_output)
      string(REGEX REPLACE "^-I" "" line "${line}")
      get_filename_component(line "${line}" ABSOLUTE)
      list(APPEND CMAKE_CUDA_TOOLKIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${line}")
    endforeach()

    message(CONFIGURE_LOG
      "Parsed CUDA nvcc include information:\n${_nvcc_log}\n${log}\n\n")
  else()
    message(CONFIGURE_LOG
      "Failed to detect CUDA nvcc include information:\n${_nvcc_log}\n\n")
  endif()

  string(REGEX MATCHALL "-arch compute_([0-9]+)" target_cpus "${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_PRODUCED_OUTPUT}")

  foreach(cpu ${target_cpus})
    string(REGEX MATCH "-arch compute_([0-9]+)" dont_care "${cpu}")
    list(APPEND architectures_detected "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
  endforeach()
endif()

# If the user didn't set the architectures, then set them to a default.
# If the user did, then make sure those architectures worked.
if("${CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES}" STREQUAL "")
  cmake_policy(GET CMP0104 _CUDA_CMP0104)

  if(NOT CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NVIDIA" OR _CUDA_CMP0104 STREQUAL "NEW")
    set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES "${architectures_detected}" CACHE STRING "CUDA architectures")

    if(NOT CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES)
      message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to detect a default CUDA architecture.\n\nCompiler output:\n${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_PRODUCED_OUTPUT}")
    endif()
  endif()
endif()

# configure all variables set in this file
configure_file(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakeCUDACompiler.cmake.in
  ${CMAKE_PLATFORM_INFO_DIR}/CMakeCUDACompiler.cmake
  @ONLY
)

# Don't leak variables unnecessarily to user code.
unset(_CUDA_INCLUDE_DIR CACHE)
unset(_CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE CACHE)
unset(_CUDA_LIBRARY_DIR)
unset(_CUDA_TARGET_DIR)
unset(_CUDA_TARGET_NAME)

unset(architectures_detected)

set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ENV_VAR "CUDACXX")
set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER_ENV_VAR "CUDAHOSTCXX")

```

@robert.maynard

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![tanmayd26](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/tanmayd26/32/3899_2.png) [@tanmayd26](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/tanmayd26)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164/10 "2023-10-11T16:29:16Z")

</div>

```auto
find_package(OpenCV REQUIRED)
include_directories(SYSTEM ${OpenCV_INCLUDE_DIRS})

################################################################################
#First make the helper libraries
################################################################################
add_library(autorally_plant autorally_plant.cpp)
target_link_libraries(autorally_plant ${catkin_LIBRARIES})

add_library(param_getter param_getter.cpp)
target_link_libraries(param_getter ${catkin_LIBRARIES})

################################################################################
#Now build the CUDA executables (only if CUDA is installed)
################################################################################
set(CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR /usr/local/cuda-12.2)
find_package(CUDA REQUIRED)

if(CUDA_FOUND)
  enable_language(CUDA)
  include(FindCUDA)

  set(CUDA_PROPAGATE_HOST_FLAGS OFF)
  set(
      CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS
      ${CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS};
      -std=c++11
      -maxrregcount=32;
      -O3;
      -arch=sm_35;
      -w
  )

  ####################################################################################
  #Executable for the basis function model
  ####################################################################################

  cuda_add_executable(path_integral_bf
                      path_integral_main.cu
                      autorally_plant
                      param_getter
                      )
  target_compile_definitions(path_integral_bf PRIVATE PRIVATE USE_BASIS_FUNC_MODEL__)
  add_dependencies(path_integral_bf autorally_msgs_gencpp ${PROJECT_NAME}_gencfg)

  target_link_libraries(path_integral_bf /usr/local/lib/libcnpy.so ${CUDA_curand_LIBRARY} ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${OpenCV_LIBRARIES})

  ###################################################################################
  #Executable for the neural network model
  ###################################################################################

  cuda_add_library(mppi_nodelet
                   mppi_nodelet.cu
                   autorally_plant
                   param_getter)
  target_compile_definitions(mppi_nodelet PRIVATE
          USE_NEURAL_NETWORK_MODEL__;
          MPPI_NNET_USING_CONSTANT_MEM__)
  add_dependencies(mppi_nodelet autorally_msgs_gencpp ${PROJECT_NAME}_gencfg)
  target_link_libraries(mppi_nodelet /usr/local/lib/libcnpy.so ${CUDA_curand_LIBRARY} ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${OpenCV_LIBRARIES})

  cuda_add_executable(path_integral_nn
                      path_integral_main.cu
                      autorally_plant
                      param_getter
                      )
  target_compile_definitions(path_integral_nn PRIVATE
          USE_NEURAL_NETWORK_MODEL__;
          MPPI_NNET_USING_CONSTANT_MEM__)
  add_dependencies(path_integral_nn autorally_msgs_gencpp ${PROJECT_NAME}_gencfg)

  target_link_libraries(path_integral_nn /usr/local/lib/libcnpy.so ${CUDA_curand_LIBRARY} ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${OpenCV_LIBRARIES})

  ####################################################################################
  #Executable for monitoring the status of mppi
  ####################################################################################

  add_executable(path_integral_monitor
                 status_monitor.cpp)
  add_dependencies(path_integral_monitor autorally_msgs_gencpp)
  target_link_libraries(path_integral_monitor ${catkin_LIBRARIES})

endif(CUDA_FOUND)

```

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![robert.maynard](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/robert.maynard/32/4_2.png) [@robert.maynard](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/robert.maynard)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/target-include-directories-error/9164/11 "2023-10-12T18:49:54Z")

</div>

The current code is incomplete since I don’t see a `project` or `cmake_minimum_required` version, in addition the error you are seeing is due to the variable `CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES` being set to an empty string, so somewhere before this code block that must be happening.

You most likely have something like

```cmake
set(CUDA_ARCHS "60")
set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES "${CUDA_AARCHS}") #typo

```

That makes the `CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES` variable an empty string.

Note:  
Usage of `FindCUDA` and the associated `cuda_add_executable`, and `cuda_add_library` calls are deprecated and note supported. Please switch over to the CUDA language support
