libdatrie can be used via CMake: find_path(LIBDATRIE_INCLUDE_DIR datrie/trie.h) find_library(LIBDATRIE_LIBRARY NAMES datrie) target_include_directories(main PRIVATE "${LIBDATRIE_INCLUDE_DIR}") target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE "${LIBDATRIE_LIBRARY}") libdatrie provides pkg-config modules: # Double-array trie library datrie-0.2