Re: [Mingw-users] Can't use external Libs?

[Depo C. <dep...@gm...>]

On 4/16/2011 2:44 AM, John Brown wrote:
> Hello Depo Catcher,
>
> My original response went to your private email instead of the list
> so I am sending it again.
>
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:09:42 -0500, Depo Catcher wrote
>
>> Library Path is C:\MinWG\lib
>> I took out path and suffix.
>> Still errors.
>> gcc -LC:\MinGW\lib -p -pg -oTestC.exe TestC.o -llibglfw -llibglfwdll
>> c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.5.2/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe:
>> cannot find -llibglfw
>> c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.5.2/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe:
>> cannot find -llibglfwdll
>
>
> Going back to your original post where you
> are trying to link withC:\rhino\data\lib\libglfw.a (static library) or
> C:\rhino\data\lib\libglfw.dll.a (import library). You can do this in two
> ways:
>
> 1) Add c:\rhino\data\lib to your library search path and specify
> the library as -lglfw:
> gcc -Lc:\rhino\data\lib -p -pg -oTestC.exe TestC.o -lglfw
>
> Note that -lglfw matches libglfw.a *and* libglfw.dll.a. Gcc prefers
> to link to shared libraries by default, so libglfw.dll.a will
> be selected, unless you add -static to your gcc command line.
>
> 2) Specify the full name of the library, in which case you do not need
> to add the folder containing the library to the library search path.
>
> gcc -p -pg -oTestC.exe TestC.o c:\rhino\data\lib\libglfw.a
> OR
> gcc -p -pg -oTestC.exe TestC.o c:\rhino\data\lib\libglfw.dll.a
>
> In the second case, TestC.exe will require the DLL, which I assume is
> called glfw.dll.
>
> Regards,
> Alias John Brown.
>    		 	   		
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Thanks for your help everyone.  This is working now.  I just link 
against the .dll file (without extension)