Link error with libCGAL-vc120-mt-sgd-4.5.1.lib and

Question

Hey I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to CGAL and CMake but I've gotten to the point where everything seems to be running except for this link error:

LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libCGAL-vc120-mt-sgd-4.5.1.lib'

trouble is I cant seem to find a reference to this lib anywhere am I building wrong?

I can see a 'libCGAL-vc120-mt-gd-4.5.1.lib' in my cgal lib dir which links fine. I'm not sure what the difference between gd and sgd is though and how to make it.

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

The naming libCGAL-vc120-mt-sgd-4.5.1.lib shows that you are compiling a program, that uses CGAL, using the linker flag /MTd (Debug, and link the C++ runtime statically).

The CMake scripts of CGAL do not support linking with the static runtime. They only support /MD or /MDd. I suggest you change that linker flag in your setup.

Alternately, you can try to change the CMake scripts of CGAL, but I do not recommend that solution.