ld.exe cannot find extern dependencies

[hamzse]

I have recently downgraded from windows 10 back to 8.1, and ran into some trouble while compiling a project i was working on windows 10.

Build Errors:

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||=== Build: Debug in testgame (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler) ===|
ld.exe||cannot find -lfreetype|
ld.exe||cannot find -ljpeg|
ld.exe||cannot find -lopenal32|
ld.exe||cannot find -lflac|
ld.exe||cannot find -lvorbisenc|
ld.exe||cannot find -lvorbisfile|
ld.exe||cannot find -lvorbis|
ld.exe||cannot find -logg|
||error: ld returned 1 exit status|
||=== Build failed: 9 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 0 second(s)) ===|

Build Log:

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-------------- Build: Debug in testgame (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------

g++.exe -LC:\prog\SFML\2.4.1S64\lib -o bin\Debug\testgame.exe obj\Debug\BodyGraphicsSystem.o obj\Debug\Button.o obj\Debug\Callback.o obj\Debug\Configuration.o obj\Debug\EntityFactory.o obj\Debug\EntityManager.o obj\Debug\GameWorld.o obj\Debug\InputKeyboard.o obj\Debug\InputSystem.o obj\Debug\main.o obj\Debug\MainProgram.o obj\Debug\Observer.o obj\Debug\PhysicsSystem.o obj\Debug\ResourceManager.o obj\Debug\StateIngame.o obj\Debug\StateLocalMenu.o obj\Debug\StateManager.o obj\Debug\StatePongMainMenu.o obj\Debug\WindowHandler.o  -static  -lsfml-graphics-s -lsfml-window-s -lsfml-audio-s -lsfml-system-s -lopengl32 -lfreetype -ljpeg -lwinmm -lgdi32 -lopenal32 -lflac -lvorbisenc -lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg
C:/Program Files/mingw-w64/x86_64-6.3.0-win32-seh-rt_v5-rev1/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/6.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lfreetype
C:/Program Files/mingw-w64/x86_64-6.3.0-win32-seh-rt_v5-rev1/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/6.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -ljpeg
C:/Program Files/mingw-w64/x86_64-6.3.0-win32-seh-rt_v5-rev1/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/6.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lopenal32
C:/Program Files/mingw-w64/x86_64-6.3.0-win32-seh-rt_v5-rev1/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/6.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lflac
C:/Program Files/mingw-w64/x86_64-6.3.0-win32-seh-rt_v5-rev1/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/6.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lvorbisenc
C:/Program Files/mingw-w64/x86_64-6.3.0-win32-seh-rt_v5-rev1/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/6.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lvorbisfile
C:/Program Files/mingw-w64/x86_64-6.3.0-win32-seh-rt_v5-rev1/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/6.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lvorbis
C:/Program Files/mingw-w64/x86_64-6.3.0-win32-seh-rt_v5-rev1/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/6.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -logg
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minute(s), 0 second(s))
9 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 0 second(s))
 

I compile SFML with CMake statically. I tried the library i used on windows 10, but got the same errors.

I get the same errors with the sample program in the tutorial too.

[eXpl0it3r]

You didn't specify where to find the library files.

[hamzse]

You didn't specify where to find the library files.

I did not have to specify them until now. It just worked out of the box.

On Windows and Mac OS X, all the required dependencies are provided alongside SFML so you won't have to download/install anything else. Building will work out of the box.

[eXpl0it3r]

Are they in the 2.4.1S64/lib folder?

When you build the INSTALL target when using CMake, the libraries will be installed automatically. If you don't let the CMake script install the libraries, you need to manually copy them from the extlibs directory.

[hamzse]

Are they in the 2.4.1S64/lib folder?

When you build the INSTALL target when using CMake, the libraries will be installed automatically. If you don't let the CMake script install the libraries, you need to manually copy them from the extlibs directory.

Thanks. I finally got it. I guess the CMake script couldn't decide which libraries should it use with my Mingw-w64 compiler.I feel a bit braindead. Copied the contents of /extlibs/libs-mingw/x64/ from the sources to my compiled library 2.4.1S64/lib (next to libsfml-window-s, etc).

I got the same errors using TDM-GCC, now i know the problem was not with the compiler.

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