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General / Re: Problems linking to the libraries for VS code on a Mac

« on: April 19, 2022, 01:24:52 pm »

Thank you so much for your advice. I decided to install sfml using homebrew and changing my compiler path using this video: (in case anyone needs to use this thread for help later).

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General / Re: Problems linking to the libraries for VS code on a Mac

« on: April 16, 2022, 06:27:16 pm »

Hi, thank you for your reply. I tried to run the executable with the a copy of the dylibs in the same folder as well as different combinations exclusively in the lib folder but nothing seemed to work. Currently I have all of my dylibs in a lib folder.

I am still new to C++ so I am unsure what you mean by building in the standard library? Is this when I do the cmake step? If so where can I find the standard library?

Similarly, I am unsure how to set my rpath manually, do I do that in VScode?

Thank you so much for your help, this has been a massive nightmare for me!

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General / Problems linking to the libraries for VS code on a Mac [SOLVED]

« on: April 14, 2022, 01:55:45 pm »

Hi there, I am new to C++ and I am attempting to compile a the tutorial code using VS code. I have looked all across the internet and I have not been able to find a tutorial that shows how to install SFML for VS code on a Mac. I have made a lot of progress but I am seemingly stumbling at the last hurdle after days of trying, so any help would be appreciated!

I downloaded the source code version of SFML and used cmake to build the libraries. This only produced dylib files. I created a src folder in my work environment and created two folders, lib and include within. I then moved the dylib files into the lib folder and the contents of the include folder into my include folder (Sorry if this is too much detail I just don't want to miss a step I where I made a mistake).

I then changed my task.json file so that the compiler path now read
"-fdiagnostics-color=always",
"-I${workspaceFolder}/src/include",
"-g",
"${workspaceFolder}/*.cpp",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
"-L${workspaceFolder}/src/lib",
"-lsfml-graphics",
"-lsfml-window",
"-lsfml-system""

Finally I moved the osx frameworks in the extlib folder to the Library/Frameworks folder on my mac. After all of this when I compile I produce an executable which provides the following error message:
dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libsfml-graphics.2.5.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/myusername/Desktop/Cpp_Project/main
  Reason: image not found

I have been trying to get SFML to work for days and finally needed to cry for help! Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

P.S I have tried to add different combinations of the dylibs to my workspace folder but it hasn't made a difference.