https://stackoverflow.

com/questions/11027485/linking-to-glew-in-c

I want to extend the excellent @TheBuzzSaw's idea by providing a more detailed answer for
a cmake project.

1. Download GLEW sources from here.
2. Unzip the archive and copy two files (src/glew.c and include/GL/glew.h) into your
project's directory.
3. Edit glew.c so that the beginning of the file looks like this:
#ifndef GLEW_INCLUDE
#include "glew.h" /* Point to local glew.h file. */
#else
#include GLEW_INCLUDE
#endif
4. Use the following in your main.cpp file to include static GLEW correctly:
#define GLEW_STATIC
#include "glew.h"
5. To build the project, you must compile and link the static GLEW library.
Sample CMakeLists.txt file with the use of copied files:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
project(your-project-name)

add_library(STATIC_GLEW glew.c)
add_executable(your-project-name main.cpp)

target_link_libraries(your-project-name STATIC_GLEW)
Now, you should be able to build your project without any linking errors