Okay, so I have a C++ project that uses SFML, and I want to be able to compile it from the CMD using MinGW. I have it so I can compile.cpp's, however, I just need to know what more I have to do in order for it to work with SFML. I tried compiling it with CodeBlocks and MinGW, and it works fine, until I try to run it, at which point it tells me that sfml-system.dll is missing from my computer. Does this mean I installed it incorrectly? I followed the CodeBlocks installation down to the letter, from what I could tell... I put the include\SFML in the include\ of MinGW, and I put all the *.a's from lib\ into the \lib of MinGW as well.
Thank you for the help you can give!
Ok, so if it builds well and links with the sfml-system.dll at link time then there is no real problem. All you need to do is copy the sfml-system.dll (or make a link to it) in the directory, where the built .exe file is. That would make the .exe find the required library.
libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll is just inside bin folder, on latest MinGW releases.
Copy to .exe folder, it should run.
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I'm working on a game in SFML. It runs correctly on my computer, but if I send it to another computer then when I try to run it I get errors about not being able to find libraries. I did some research and I found that the reason is because I was using dynamic libraries, and to get the program to work on its own I need the static libraries. But how do I get those? They aren't in my sfml folder. I tried doing more research but I can't find a way to build or download those libraries.
Just go to your sfml Src directory and look for the /bin folder. Copy the following DLLs to your game folder where your exe is located:
DLLs
sfml-graphics.dll
sfml-window.dll
sfml-audio.dll
sfml-network.dll
sfml-system.dll
On Linux, install libsfml-dev on target computer.
I am sure you are using mingw compiler. You can add static arguments and try.
-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
If this doesn't work try to search the two DLL files in your standard compiler path /bin folder and place them where your exe is located.
im trying to port a c++ project from visual studio 2013 to netbeans on ubuntu. The target is a windows executable, so far im able to compile windows exe files from netbeans using mingw as compiler.
The project needs the Crypto++ library and i only have the .lib version for visual studio. To include the library in netbeans i first need to build the Crypto++ library in the .a format.
Its not clear to me how should i do that.
Ive found informations on how to build the library for linux with mingw but not for cross compilation with mingw. The provided GNUmakefile does not work.
Should i set up a vm with windows and mingw and compile the library that way? Or maybe use the qmake "hack" as suggested here http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/28809-Compiling-amp-using-Crypto-with-mingw-version-of-Qt ? The last good Crypto++ version suggested there is quite old. This is confusing, porting the whole project is easier than having the required library.
Im open to any suggestion.
tldr: how to build libcryptopp.a on linux for the cross compilation of a windows exe project
edit:
for example if i cross compile something there are windows libraries in the /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/ folder like libuser32.a. i need to make the equivalend libcryptopp.a.. sorry if is a bit unclear.
if i simply build using the steps in answer (and in the wiki) i end up with a libcryptopp.a file but i suspect is linux-only, cause if i link that library in netbeans in the .exe file im cross compiling i end up with undefined references to cryptopp stuff everywere. the paths are correct, i suspect the library needs to be replaced with the equivalent libcryptopp.a compatible with crosscompiling.
edit2: im trying to follow the answer down here, now im stuck here. after this command to build cryptopp.
make CXX=/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-gcc INCLUDES="-I /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/include" LIBS="-L /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/lib" CXXFLAGS="-std=c++0x"
and many variations of it i always end up with this error
trap.h:26:25: fatal error: Windows.h: No such file or directory
# include
which makes me think its using the right compiler to make a .a lib file for cross compiling the windows .exe with the lib.
however i dont understand whats going on now with the missing header..:(
Also if i try to link the lib file (used with visual studio) i get a lot of linking errors, undefined reference to cryptopp stuff.
ill offer a symbolic beer (a couple of $ of Bitcoins) if someone finds out how to do it.
Inspired by http://wiki.amule.org/wiki/Cross-compilation_for_windows_with_mingw:
sudo apt-get install mingw-w64
git clone https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp
cd cryptopp
export TARGET=i686-w64-mingw32
CXX=$TARGET-g++ RANLIB=$TARGET-ranlib AR=$TARGET-ar LDLIBS=-lws2_32 make -f GNUmakefile
I've found informations on how to build the library for linux with mingw but not for cross compilation with mingw.
Its relatively easy...
Get Crypto++ ZIP into MinGW.
Unpack Crypto++ ZIP.
Change directories.
Build the library.
Verify All tests passed.
(1) and (2) can be tricky because Cygwin and MinGW are missing a lot of tools. So curl https://www.cryptopp.com/cryptopp563.zip -o cryptopp563.zip may not work.
For (2), I seem to recall ZIP is missing, so unzip -aoq cryptopp563.zip -d cryptopp-5.6.3 may not work.
At step (4), just perform make static dynamic test and be sure it finished with All tests passed.
I do a lot of testing with Cygwin and MinGW. I have a script that copies Crypto++ into the environments from my Desktop. I have not been able to figure out a way to automate it. A recent question on automating it was closed, so no one can supply an answer (see How to automate software testing for Cygwin and MinGW).
I am trying to install GLFW for use in Eclipse. I am using MinGW and am on Windows 7 64-bit. I tried to install GLFW using the pre-compiled binaries, but that did not work, as I could not build projects with it.
I installed CMake and follwed the instructions on http://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/compile.html. I used CMake and it seemed to have worked, giving me a Makefile. Then I used mingw32-make to make it.
However, I am confused as to where the library files are, if there even are any. I was also under the impression that I needed a .dll file to use an external library. If anyone could help me through past this point that would be greatly appreciated
So what I did was right. All I needed to do was to link the libraries, which can be found in {%PATH_TO_GLFW%}/src. The name of the library is glfw3.
I'm writing an SFML game and when I try to run the code this is the error I get:
The procedure entry point _gxx_personality_v0 could not be located in the dynamic link library libstdc++-6.dll
I've linked to all the libraries correctly and the include files are correct. I've even tried what other answers suggested by putting the libstdc++-6.dll inside the directory of my exectable but still nothing.
Another answer said to put the MinGW/bin directory before any other directory in the PATH environment variable, which I did as well and it still didn't work.
Note: I get this error only when I try to use SFML code. It runs successfully when I comment it out.
OK, the note you added tells me that the SFML stuff was compiled with another compiler version/configuration, newer one if memory serves right.
You need to make sure that SFML and your code are compiled by the same compiler (versions/configuration) or at least compatible compiler (versions/configuration).
I see that the latest binary packages of SFML use GCC 4.7, and the latest Code::Blocks (mingw) comes with the TDM GCC 4.7 build, so it might be enough to upgrade Code::Blocks and make sure you use the SFML GCC 4.7 TDM (SJLJ) package (and use the gcc that comes with Code::Blocks, of course).
Otherwise, you should probably install the TDM-GCC 4.7 compiler build manually, or if nothing works, compile SFML yourself.
This is just a PATH ordering issue.
Most likely you'll have multiple libstdc++-6.dll files loaded in your path. You can check by running where libstdc++-6.dll in your command prompt.
What you do is to make sure your MinGW bin folder is loaded before everything else. Try moving it to the first one in your global PATH.
Can someone tell me if it's possible to compile a project that works with Qt but without installing the entire sdk ? I mean, something like recompile Qt source code and link the libraries or something like this.
I know my problem is weird but I work in special conditions : I am on a linux machine and I have to work on a windows project therefore I use a distant server on windows to compile but I can't install anything on this serveur. I need an idea to have a fully portable folder with Qt who can compile without installing anything.
I hope I was clear in my explications.
Thank you for your help.
I has combined comments in answer.
You need to install compiler (e.g minGW) and Qt Library (as needed version).
You should add into environment variable 'PATH' your path to qmake and compiler.
Start terminal and move to directory with your source code of Qt project.
Run qmake and then exec make (e.g. It, for minGW, is mingw32-make).
For your case, you may choosen 2 way:
Build static Qt Library from source code and use static linking with your project.
Install Qt Library and copy libraries near your project with dynamic linking (recomended).