Freeglut 64 bit program linking errors - c++

Question

I'm trying to compile a 64 bit version of an OpenGL C++ program using freeglut. I followed the exact instructions on this website to set up freeglut with MinGW. I have the header files in C:\MinGW\include\GL, I have the 32 bit libraries in C:\MinGW\lib and 64 bit libraries in C:\MinGW\lib\x64, and I have the 64 bit freeglut.dll in my project directory. However, even the simplest of OpenGL programs don't link successfully...
My code is minimal:
// test.cpp
#include <GL/glut.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
glutInit(&argc, argv);
}
And I compile it with the exact commands given on the readme/on the website:
g++ -c -o test.o test.cpp -I"C:\MinGW\include"
g++ -o test.exe test.o -L"C:\MinGW\lib\x64" -lfreeglut -lopengl32 -Wl,--subsystem,windows
(except of course I changed the directories and changed gcc to g++)
The compile runs fine, but linking throws these error messages:
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: test.o:test.cpp:(.text+0x1c): undefined reference to `_imp____glutInitWithExit#12'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: test.o:test.cpp:(.text+0x3f): undefined reference to `_imp____glutCreateWindowWithExit#8'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: test.o:test.cpp:(.text+0x61): undefined reference to `_imp____glutCreateMenuWithExit#8'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
I've tried to change -lopengl32 in the command to -lopengl64 and -lopengl, but the linker couldn't find those libraries.

Answer 1

I can't answer your specific case, but another approach would be to use mingw-w64, with MSYS2 as a package manager. The old mingw.org project is not well maintained, unlike mingw-w64 and the MSYS2 package database. There is probably some mismatch between how your precompiled binaries were built and the compiler you are currently using.
On my system I compiled your code with g++ -o gl gl.cpp -lfreeglut and it worked first time .
How to install MinGW-w64 and MSYS2?
Then use pacman -Ss glut to find the freeglut package.