oscpack can be used from CMake via: find_path(OSCPACK_INCLUDE_DIRS "osc" PATH_SUFFIXES "oscpack") find_library(OSCPACK_LIBRARY oscpack REQUIRED) target_include_directories(main PRIVATE ${OSCPACK_INCLUDE_DIRS}) target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE ${OSCPACK_LIBRARY}) In case of Windows static link in addition: target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE ws2_32 winmm)