Issue with compiling SFML project in CodeBlocks - c++

Question

Made a simple sprite based 2d game in c++ using SFML. It compiles and runs just fine on linux but I want to be able to compile it on windows
I've downloaded the (supposed) right version of sfml for code::blocks this one from https://www.sfml-dev.org/download/sfml/2.5.1/ and configured the GNU GCC compiler search paths accordingly:
compiler search paths
linker search paths
c++11 standard enabled
After running the code I got 152 "undefined reference to ..." errors
Then after adding the libraries to the linker settings
linker settings
I got left with those 12 errors:
||=== Build file: "no target" in "no project" (compiler: unknown) ===|
C:\sfmltest\main.o:main.cpp|| undefined reference to _imp___ZN2sf5Music12openFromFileERKSs'| C:\sfmltest\main.o:main.cpp|| undefined reference to _imp___ZN2sf5Music12openFromFileERKSs'|
C:\sfmltest\main.o:main.cpp|| undefined reference to _imp___ZN2sf5Music12openFromFileERKSs'| C:\sfmltest\main.o:main.cpp|| undefined reference to _imp___ZN2sf5Music12openFromFileERKSs'|
C:\sfmltest\main.o:main.cpp|| undefined reference to _imp___ZN2sf4Font12loadFromFileERKSs'| C:\sfmltest\main.o:main.cpp|| undefined reference to _imp___ZN2sf7Texture12loadFromFileERKSsRKNS_4RectIiEE'|
C:\sfmltest\main.o:main.cpp|| undefined reference to _imp___ZN2sf7Texture12loadFromFileERKSsRKNS_4RectIiEE'| C:\sfmltest\main.o:main.cpp|| undefined reference to _imp___ZN2sf7Texture12loadFromFileERKSsRKNS_4RectIiEE'|
C:\sfmltest\main.o:main.cpp|| undefined reference to _imp___ZN2sf7Texture12loadFromFileERKSsRKNS_4RectIiEE'| C:\sfmltest\main.o:main.cpp|| undefined reference to _imp___ZN2sf7Texture12loadFromFileERKSsRKNS_4RectIiEE'|
C:\sfmltest\main.o:main.cpp|| more undefined references to `_imp___ZN2sf7Texture12loadFromFileERKSsRKNS_4RectIiEE' follow|
||error: ld returned 1 exit status|
||=== Build failed: 12 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 2 second(s)) ===|
what am I missing?

Answer 1

You didn't define SFML_STATIC which is why the linker is looking for _imp___ (i.e. import) symbols.
Also your listed libraries is wrong. You should only list one set of libraries.
For example Static and Debug = sfml-*-s-d
Or Static and Release = sfml-*-s
And when you're statically linking, you also need to link SFML's dependencies.
If you follow the official tutorial on how to setup SFML with Code::Blocks step by step and don't just looking at the images, things should work just fine.