Author Topic: Error installing SFML 1.6 using code::blocks 10.05 (Read 2064 times)

kingcools · « **on:** November 24, 2011, 07:55:06 pm »

Hello, i followed this instruction to install sfml:

http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/1.6/start-cb.php and used the first method of installing(the copy one).
After doing what it tells me and compiling the given example code i get the following error message:

"program cant be started due to lacking libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll on my pc.[...]"
its obvious whats the problem but i dont understand why a) this has not been discussed in the tutorial and b) where i can find this file.

Laurent · « **Reply #1 on:** November 24, 2011, 08:03:17 pm »

It has nothing to do with SFML, it's a DLL of the compiler -- you can find it in your mingw/bin folder. You can get rid of it with a specific linker option.

kingcools · « **Reply #2 on:** November 24, 2011, 08:57:23 pm »

ok thank you

someone should add that maybe to the tutorial as i did everything it said and still got that error

kingcools · « **Reply #3 on:** November 25, 2011, 12:00:09 am »

Quote from: "Laurent"

It has nothing to do with SFML, it's a DLL of the compiler -- you can find it in your mingw/bin folder. You can get rid of it with a specific linker option.

i looked into it now but can not find an option related to that dll, could you be a bit more specific?

kingcools · « **Reply #4 on:** November 25, 2011, 04:15:11 am »

Nevermind, i got it right.

BUT: is there a way to not have to copy some dlls everytime you compile a new project? Can't you tell the compiler to automatically include those dlls?

Laurent · « **Reply #5 on:** November 25, 2011, 07:59:41 am »

It doesn't make sense, you can't "include DLLs". All you can do is to link to the static version of the libraries (if available) so that there's no DLL.