I’m working on a C++ project where I need to link against the GLFW library, specifically using the static library.

im using

find_package(glfw3 REQUIRED)

to find the library and

target_link_libraries(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE glfw)

to link my project with it.

these are the libraries present in my glfw/libfolder:

.
├── libglfw.3.4.dylib
├── libglfw.3.dylib -> libglfw.3.4.dylib
├── libglfw.dylib -> libglfw.3.dylib
└── libglfw3.a

How can I instruct CMake to prioritize linking against the .a static library instead of the .dylib dynamic library?”

I know I can just hardcode the path to the library but it doesn’t sound really portable.