How to fix CMake build error on Ubuntu: Could NOT find GLEW (missing: GLEW_INCLUDE_DIR GLEW_LIBRARY)
Problem:
While building a software project using cmake
, you see error messages like
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.25/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:230 (message):
Could NOT find GLEW (missing: GLEW_INCLUDE_DIR GLEW_LIBRARY)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/share/cmake-3.25/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:600 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
cmake/FindGLEW.cmake:38 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
CMakeLists.txt:743 (find_package
Solution
Install libglew-dev
sudo apt -y install libglew-dev