glew32s.lib undfined reference - c++

Question

I use MinGW compiler and Code::Blocks IDE, 16.01.
I have interested in graphic library OpenGL. I've started to find articles and found one.
I've set up glew, freeglut and glfw by myself without using cMaker. Then, I've decided to link libraries into the project. So, I have the following sequence in Linker settings:
C:\MinGW\lib\glew\glew32s.lib
C:\MinGW\lib\freeglut\libfreeglut.a
C:\MinGW\lib\freeglut\libfreeglut_static.a
C:\MinGW\lib\glfw\libglfw3dll.a
C:\MinGW\lib\glfw\libglfw3.a
Following by this tutorial (in russian language) I've written in linker settings glew32s.lib (with 's'), 'cause it's a static library and I need this one. After that I've tried to compile but get these errors:
C:\MinGW\lib\glew\glew32s.lib(tmp\glew_static\Release\Win32\glew.obj):(.text$mn+0x7)||undefined reference to `_imp__wglGetProcAddress#4'|
C:\MinGW\lib\glew\glew32s.lib(tmp\glew_static\Release\Win32\glew.obj):(.text$mn+0x4)||undefined reference to `_imp__wglGetProcAddress#4'|
The code I've tried to compile is:
#include <iostream>
// GLEW
#define GLEW_STATIC
#include <GL/glew.h>
// GLFW
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
// Function prototypes
void key_callback(GLFWwindow* window, int key, int scancode, int action, int mode);
// Window dimensions
const GLuint WIDTH = 800, HEIGHT = 600;
// The MAIN function, from here we start the application and run the game loop
int main()
{
std::cout << "Starting GLFW context, OpenGL 3.3" << std::endl;
// Init GLFW
glfwInit();
// Set all the required options for GLFW
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 3);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_RESIZABLE, GL_FALSE);
// Create a GLFWwindow object that we can use for GLFW's functions
GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow(WIDTH, HEIGHT, "LearnOpenGL", nullptr, nullptr);
if (window == nullptr)
{
std::cout << "Failed to create GLFW window" << std::endl;
glfwTerminate();
return -1;
}
glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
// Set the required callback functions
glfwSetKeyCallback(window, key_callback);
// Set this to true so GLEW knows to use a modern approach to retrieving function pointers and extensions
glewExperimental = GL_TRUE;
// Initialize GLEW to setup the OpenGL Function pointers
if (glewInit() != GLEW_OK)
{
std::cout << "Failed to initialize GLEW" << std::endl;
return -1;
}
// Define the viewport dimensions
int width, height;
glfwGetFramebufferSize(window, &width, &height);
glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
// Game loop
while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window))
{
// Check if any events have been activiated (key pressed, mouse moved etc.) and call corresponding response functions
glfwPollEvents();
// Render
// Clear the colorbuffer
glClearColor(0.2f, 0.3f, 0.3f, 1.0f);
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
// Swap the screen buffers
glfwSwapBuffers(window);
}
// Terminate GLFW, clearing any resources allocated by GLFW.
glfwTerminate();
return 0;
}
// Is called whenever a key is pressed/released via GLFW
void key_callback(GLFWwindow* window, int key, int scancode, int action, int mode)
{
std::cout << key << std::endl;
if (key == GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE && action == GLFW_PRESS)
glfwSetWindowShouldClose(window, GL_TRUE);
}
Then I wrote in linker settings glew32.lib (without 's'), comment glewExperimental = GL_TRUE; line and try again.
The program was compiled successfully. It was run and the result was as it must be.
But I want to use a static library instead of dynamic. How can it be solved?

Answer 1

I guess that library 'glew32s.lib' is built with Visual studio. So you cannot link with it unless you change your compiler.
I suggest you get a GLEW library built with MinGW or build one by yourself. Libraries for MinGW are named 'libNAME.a',
Also, dynamic libraries have no limitation on its name, so there could be no difference between static library (instead, they are named, like, libNAME_static.a or libNAMEs.a, ...)