Having trouble trying to link libcurl - c++

Question

I'm trying to install libcurl for Bloodshed Dev C++ but I'm running into a couple of issues.
I've included the curl directory under Dev-Cpp\MinGW\include and have placed the library files (which I compiled myself using MinGW) in the Dev-Cpp\MinGW\lib directory. I have added all the libraries I'm using to the Linker tab under Project> Project Options> Parameters.
Here is the code I'm using to test libcurl:
#define CURL_STATICLIB
#include "curl/curl.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(void) {
CURLcode ret;
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if (curl == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed creating CURL easy handle!\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/*Attempt to get Facebook*/
ret = curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.facebook.com");
if (ret != CURLE_OK) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed getting http://www.google.com: %s\n",
curl_easy_strerror(ret));
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if (ret != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed getting http://www.google.com: %s\n",
curl_easy_strerror(ret));
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
return 0;
}
Now, the error enter code hereI'm getting is this:
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib/libcurl.a when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib/libcurl.dll when searching for -lcurlskipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib\libcurl.a when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.a when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.dll when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/../../../../lib\libcurl.a when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/../../../libcurl.a when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/../../../libcurl.dll when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/../../..\libcurl.a when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib/libcurl.a when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib/libcurl.dll when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.a when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/../../../../lib/libcurl.dll when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/../../../libcurl.a when searching for -lcurl
skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/../../../libcurl.a when searching for -lcurl
cannot find -lcurl
[Error] ld returned 1 exit status
recipe for target 'Test.exe' failed
I am thoroughly stuck, and would deeply appreciate someone calling me an idiot and telling me what I'm doing wrong.

Answer 1

"skipping incompatible" usually indicates a architecture mismatch. A wild guess is that you should add -m32 in your compile flags. (or -m64, but judging from the installation path -m32 looks more likely.)
(Unrelated to the question, but I can't help but notice that your code is requesting facebook.com and printing a error mentioning google.com.)

Answer 2

I've solved the issue by switching to Codeblocks, using a different distribution and following the tutorial listed below.
Using LibCURL C++