function(ensure_library_exists libname) get_property(ALL_LINK_DIRS DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PROPERTY LINK_DIRECTORIES) foreach(CURRENT_LINK_DIR ${ALL_LINK_DIRS}) unset(__TEMP_ENSURE_LIBRARY CACHE) find_library( __TEMP_ENSURE_LIBRARY NAMES ${libname} PATHS ${CURRENT_LINK_DIR}) if(NOT __TEMP_ENSURE_LIBRARY) #message(STATUS "[check-dependencies] ${libname} not found") else() message(STATUS "[check-dependencies] ${libname} found at ${__TEMP_ENSURE_LIBRARY}") return() endif() endforeach() message(FATAL_ERROR "\n\n[check-dependencies] ${libname} not found\n\n") endfunction(ensure_library_exists)