The package quarter provides CMake targets: find_package(qpOASES CONFIG REQUIRED) target_link_libraries(your_target PRIVATE qpOASES::qpOASES) For backward compatibility, the following variables are also provided: target_include_directories(your_target PRIVATE ${qpOASES_INCLUDE_DIR}) target_link_libraries(your_target PRIVATE ${qpOASES_LIBRARY})