is there a way to link static library in Cmakelist file?

Question

Can anyone recommend a best way to link a third-party static library to a source file?

I am trying to link .a static binary library file to my source file. I have tried everything adding it json as an arg[] and adding to CMake, like other people have recommended, but some reason it is failing.

I am not sure what is the next option.

Thanks for your help in advance.!

I have tried several different options.

Option: 1

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Option: 2

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Option: 3

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Here is the Error:

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