Can't add Embree to my project, getting LNK1104 error

Question

I'm trying to add Embree to an already working solution, following this resource I've added to my CMakeLists.txt file the following:

FIND_PACKAGE(embree 3.0 REQUIRED)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${EMBREE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(application ${EMBREE_LIBRARY})

I've also created a Windows environment variable embree_DIR with my Embree installation folder ("C:\Program Files\Intel\Embree3 x64").

CMake configures the solution fine, but when I build I get a fatal error LNK1104: impossible to open 'embree3.lib'.

Just so you know, I actually have a C:\Program Files\Intel\Embree3 x64\lib\embree3.lib file.

Anyone has any clue why this might be happening?

Answer 1

Set EMBREE_ROOT_DIR e.g.:

set(EMBREE_ROOT_DIR "C:/thirdparty/vs2017/x64/embree-2.17.0")

Link to ${EMBREE_LIBRARIES}

target_link_libraries(YourApp
    ...
    ${EMBREE_LIBRARIES}
    ...
)