[Mingw-users] Newbie Q: Linking to Libraries

[Chris S. <csh...@qu...>]

Hi,

I'm new MinGW. I'd like to use it to develop a cross-platform C++ 
application.

I've downloaded and installed MinGW however I'm having a problem getting 
g++ to link to libraries.

Here's my application's code:


// Test.cpp.

#include <iostream>
#include <math.h>
#include "gl.h"
#include "glut.h"

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	cout << "Hello!" << endl;
	return 0;
}


If I try to compile this I get the following error:

c:\programming\c++\g++> g++ Test.cpp -o Test.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\CHRIS~1.LAP\LOCALS~1\Temp/ccymaaaa.o(.text+0x11c):Test.cpp: 
undefined reference to `__glutInitWithExit@12'
C:\DOCUME~1\CHRIS~1.LAP\LOCALS~1\Temp/ccymaaaa.o(.text+0x13d):Test.cpp: 
undefined reference to `__glutCreateWindowWithExit@8'
C:\DOCUME~1\CHRIS~1.LAP\LOCALS~1\Temp/ccymaaaa.o(.text+0x15d):Test.cpp: 
undefined reference to `__glutCreateMenuWithExit@8'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Process g++ exited with code 1

I've also tried:

c:\programming\c++\g++> g++ Test.cpp -o Test.exe -llibglut32

however I then get the following:

c:\programming\c++\g++> g++ Test.cpp -o Test.exe -llibglut32
C:\MinGW\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.2\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: 
cannot find -llibglut32
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Process g++ exited with code 1

I've put the glut libraries (libglut32.a, libglut.a) in the folder with 
the source code. They are also in C:\MinGW\lib.

What do I need to do to get g++ to link to the glut library?

Cheers,

Chris