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Re: Awaiting an Answer for Wiin 32 Install

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel-curl_at_haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:15:19 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, T kyer wrote:

> The Dev C++/lib folder contains only *.a & *.o library files none of the
> *.lib variety.

So "Dev C++" builds static libs with a .a extension then?

> I also checked under google for libcurl.lib. Found mention of this file but
> no file download.

You tried the download wizard? http://curl.haxx.se/dlwiz/

> "That looks totally wrong. -lcurl would be a linker option, not a file. You
> probably also need to use -L in combination with -l."

> I also tried Dev C++ Project options/Parameters/Links I inserted -lcurl as a
> parameter with no results. I'm not sure about the -L. Are these (-lcurl,-L)
> seperated by commas and what is their purpose.

Try your Dev C++ manual on how to link with a given static lib in a specified
directory.

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Received on 2005-06-23