CMAKE Build error on Windows - Could NOT find PkgConfig

[fred-rabelo]

Hello,

I am trying to integrate the libsamplerate to my project via CMAKE but no success.

Runing on:
Windows 11
Cmake 3.31.3
CPM.cmake 0.40.5
Visual Studio 2022

Error:

-- Could NOT find PkgConfig (missing: PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE)

cmake file:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)

project(test VERSION 0.1.0)

set(LIB_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs)                   # Set the path to install the libraries


# ADD CPM  :::::::::

set(CPM_DOWNLOAD_VERSION 0.40.5)
set(CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION "${LIB_DIR}/cmake/CPM_${CPM_DOWNLOAD_VERSION}.cmake")

message(STATUS "Looking for CPM.make...")
if (NOT EXISTS ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION})
    message(STATUS "Downloading CPM.cmake to ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}")
    file(DOWNLOAD 
        https://github.com/cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake/releases/download/v${CPM_DOWNLOAD_VERSION}/CPM.cmake 
        ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION})
    include(${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION})
else()
    message(STATUS "CPM.make already installed at: ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}")
endif ()

include(${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION})

# ADD libsamplerate ::::::

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME              libsamplerate   # The unique name of the dependency (should be the exported target's name)
  GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/libsndfile/libsamplerate
  GIT_TAG           "0.2.2"
  #OPTIONS           "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release" # Configuration options passed to the dependency (optional)
  SOURCE_DIR        ${LIB_DIR}/libsamplerate
  #DOWNLOAD_ONLY     True
  OPTIONS           "BUILD_TESTING OFF"
)

# once build is working
#
# add_executable(test test/test.cpp) 
# link and include lib
# 

Found one related topic: #162

1 - Do i understand correctly that pck_config is not compatible with windows?

2 - Am managing the dependency to the libsamplerate right?
What i see is that CPMaddPackage clones the rep and runs the cmake file in it. Which should run smoothly no?

I was able to build the lib myself without cmake though...

3 - I also tried downloading the release from here but linking to that i get the error: samplerate.dll was not found.
So i am guessing this is not a static build, right?
Is there a "static pre built binaries release"?

4 - should i just use fetch_content and add_library instead?
seems a little bit too complicated since libsamplerate is already configured for cmake.

Thanks for any help and for this Project!!