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I am using CMake to generate my make file.

However, in one of my files, I need to use boost::network::uri::valid(uri_). So I have included the header file (#include boost/network/uri.hpp) and I am using the boost::network::uri::valid(uri_) function.

How can I tell CMake to use this header uri.hpp and to add the required library?

I have read that I can use find_package but I have no or little knowledge about that.

I am using cpp-netlib-0.9.4.

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You want to use

find_package(Boost 1.55)

to locate the headers and libraries for Boost. If you have Boost installed in some custom location on your machine, then set BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR like this:

set(BOOST_INCLUDEDIR D:/Code/boost/boost_1_55_0)

The command cmake --help-package FindBoost will show you help on the various variables set by find_package(Boost) so that you can use the appropriate library variable (if necessary, many Boost libraries are header-only) for your target. You can see some examples of how to use CMake in conjunction with a downloaded Boost distribution and Boost.Test in my talk on doing test-driven development with Boost.Test.

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