Linking libc++ to CMake project on Linux

Question

I want to use libc++ together with clang on Arch Linux in CMake project. I installed libc++ and added following lines to CMakeLists.txt as said on LLVM site in Linux section of

Answer 1

Don't forget to set the compiler to clang++:

set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "clang++")

Also, purge the cmake generated files (delete the folder CMakeFiles and CMakeCache.txt).

Depending on your system, it might also help to set

set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++ -lc++abi")