Generate from proto and include as static library in client and server

client/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ target_include_directories(chat_client
 
 target_link_libraries(chat_client
     PRIVATE
-        proto_interface
+        proto_static
         Qt::Core
         Qt::Widgets
 )

proto/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.23)
 project(proto LANGUAGES CXX)
 
+
+find_package(protobuf CONFIG REQUIRED)
+find_package(gRPC CONFIG REQUIRED)
+
 find_program(PROTOC_EXECUTABLE protoc)
 find_program(GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE grpc_cpp_plugin)
 
@@ -47,4 +51,14 @@ add_custom_command(
 
 set_source_files_properties(${GENERATED_FILES} PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE)
 
-add_library(proto_interface INTERFACE ${GENERATED_FILES})
+add_library(proto_static STATIC ${GENERATED_FILES})
+
+target_include_directories(proto_static PUBLIC
+    ${PROTO_OUT}
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(proto_static PRIVATE 
+  protobuf::libprotobuf 
+  gRPC::grpc
+  gRPC::grpc++
+)

server/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.23)
 project(chat_server LANGUAGES CXX)
 
-find_package(protobuf CONFIG REQUIRED)
-find_package(gRPC CONFIG REQUIRED)
-
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCES "src/*.ui" "src/*.cpp" "inc/*.h" "res/*.qrc")
 
 add_executable(chat_server
@@ -13,7 +10,5 @@ add_executable(chat_server
 
 target_link_libraries(chat_server
     PRIVATE
-    protobuf::libprotobuf
+    proto_static
-    gRPC::grpc
-    gRPC::grpc++
 )