Author Topic: fatal error LNK1181:cannot open input file 'sfml-system.lib' (Read 4408 times)

azman1net · « **on:** November 21, 2010, 04:22:50 pm »

Hi Guys,

I'm a newbie in this and I can't seem to set up the environment properly. I have added 'sfml-system.lib' to the additional dependencies in the release configuration and running in release. Then I got this error when I build my project:-

fatal error LNK1181:cannot open input file 'sfml-system.lib'

Please advice.

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Nexus · « **Reply #1 on:** November 21, 2010, 04:33:53 pm »

Are you using Visual Studio?

Have you also specified the path to the libraries, so that the linker knows where they are?

azman1net · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2010, 04:41:30 pm »

yeah, I'm using vs2005. I used the path as suggested by the tutorial sfml-system-s.lib. I can't seem to find this file in the sfml folder myself. Do I have to run any scripts for it to generate? Sorry for any questions that you find silly :-)

Nexus · « **Reply #3 on:** November 22, 2010, 07:06:56 pm »

Quote from: "azman1net"

yeah, I'm using vs2005.

May I ask why you use a five years outdated IDE if there is an up-to-date one (VS 2010 Express) available for free?

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I used the path as suggested by the tutorial sfml-system-s.lib.

In your IDE, you have to specify the path where the .lib files are located. If you downloaded an SFML binary, they should be already there (as far as I know; I haven't done this for ages). Otherwise you have to recompile SFML.

Which SFML version are you using?