Compiling with g++ on windows.

[Borat]

I read over this thread: http://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=12301.msg85572#msg85572

However, a solution wasn't really posted, at least one that i understood.
The OP fixed his problem and left a link, that link is now private unfortunately.

Basically this is how it goes:

"g++ -c source.cpp"     .o file is created.



"C:\Users\Kankei\Desktop\GCC>g++ source.o -o sfml-app -LC:\Users\Kankei\Desktop\GCC\SFML-2.2\lib -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system"

Error:

"c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsfml-graphics
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsfml-window
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsfml-system
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status"


Thanks in advance...

[eXpl0it3r]

What does C:\Users\Kankei\Desktop\GCC\SFML-2.2\lib contain?

[Borat]

libsfml-audio.so
libsfml-audio.so.2.2.0
libsfml-graphics.so
libsfml-graphics.so.2.2.0
libsfml-network.so
libsfml-network.so.2.2.0
libsfml-system.so
libsfml-system.so.2.2.0
libsfml-window.so
libsfml-window.so.2.2.0

[eXpl0it3r]

So you're trying to use Linux binaries on Windows?

Yeah that's not gonna work. Build SFML on Windows with MinGW or get precompiled binaries that match your compiler version.

[Borat]

Thanks for the Help!

I got the exe file to pop out now that i got the windows version.

but when i started the exe file i get an error window displaying:

"The procedure entry point _ZSt24__throw_out_of_range_fmtPKcz could not be located in the dynamic link library libstdc++-6.dll"

[eXpl0it3r]

Did you build SFML yourself? Or which package did you download?
Where did you get your compiler from?

[Borat]

Sorry for the late response.

Yes i built it myself using the cmake guide.

I got my compiler from mingw.org

[eXpl0it3r]

Do you also get that error if you build a simple hello world example?

[Borat]

Works fine with a simple hello world program.

[Borat]

UPDATE: I reinstalled everything and rebuilt everything, during the build i check to use static librarys.

Anywho, I went in a giant circle and got this again:

C:\Users\Kankei\Desktop\Test>g++ main.o -o sfml-app -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsfml-graphics
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsfml-window
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsfml-system
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

same thing goes for this command aswell:
g++ main.o -o sfml-app -LC:\Users\Kankei\Desktop\Coding\SFML\lib -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system




Also when i just run this command:
g++ main.cpp -o sfml-app

I get this:
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0xe5): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf6StringC1EPKcRKSt6locale'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x10b): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf9VideoModeC1Ejjj'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x147): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf12RenderWindowC1ENS_9VideoModeERKNS_6StringEjRKNS_15ContextSettingsE'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x17d): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf11CircleShapeC1Efj'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x18e): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf5Color5GreenE'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x198): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf5Shape12setFillColorERKNS_5ColorE'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x1b8): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf6Window5closeEv'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x1cd): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf6Window9pollEventERNS_5EventE'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x1ff): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf5ColorC1Ehhhh'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x21a): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf12RenderTarget5clearERKNS_5ColorE'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x22d): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf12RenderStates7DefaultE'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x241): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf12RenderTarget4drawERKNS_8DrawableERKNS_12RenderStatesE'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x253): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf6Window7displayEv'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x262): undefined reference to `_imp___ZNK2sf6Window6isOpenEv'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x28b): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf12RenderWindowD1Ev'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x2b2): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf12RenderWindowD1Ev'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x2ec): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf12RenderWindowD1Ev'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o: bad reloc address 0xf in section `.text$_ZN2sf6StringD1Ev[__ZN2sf6StringD1Ev]'
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: final link failed: Invalid operation

[eXpl0it3r]

C:\Users\Kankei\Desktop\Test>g++ main.o -o sfml-app -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsfml-graphics
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsfml-window
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsfml-system
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

You didn't tell your linker where to find the libraries. See your command in your first post.

Also when i just run this command:
g++ main.cpp -o sfml-app

I get this:
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0xe5): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf6StringC1EPKcRKSt6locale'
C:\Users\Kankei\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8WEyC5.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x10b): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN2sf9VideoModeC1Ejjj'

You didn't tell the linker that you want to link any libraries.

[Borat]

C:\Users\Kankei\Desktop\Test>g++ main.o -o sfml-app -LC:\Users\Kankei\Desktop\SFML\lib -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsfml-graphics
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsfml-window
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsfml-system
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

It's still not happy with me.
I got this configured on code::blocks without any problems.
I may just drop this method all together :/

[eXpl0it3r]

What does C:\Users\Kankei\Desktop\SFML\lib contain?

[Borat]

libsfml-audio-s.a
libsfml-graphics-s.a
libsfml-main.a
libsfml-network-s.a
libsfml-system-s.a
libsfml-window-s.a

[G.]

libsfml-xxxx-s.a are for static linking.
Your directory should contain libsfml-xxxx.a (and libsfml-xxxx-d.a for debug).

Unless you want to statically link SFML (it's unclear if you want to or not). In that case you should define SFML_STATIC, link sfml-xxxx-s and also link SFML dependencies.