I want to use OpenGL GLEW library. I have the binary downloaded and its folder is in the folder with my .cpp file. My .cpp file uses #include <eglew.h>.
How should I format my command for MinGW to compile my .cpp file? Do I compile with the .lib file like g++ -L./path/to/lib/file.lib test.cpp -o test or do I do something else like link to the header files g++ -I./path/to/headers test.cpp -o test?
To better understand things maybe it's better to split compiling and linking steps. If you get errors then you will also know in which step the problem occurs.
I'm assuming you have the following folders/files:
/path/to/eglew/include/GL/eglew.h /path/to/eglew/lib/libglew32.a Compiling:
g++ -Wall -c -o test.o test.cpp -I/path/to/eglew/include/GL Linking:
g++ -o test.exe test.o -L/path/to/eglew/lib -lglew32 Though I would expect to see #include <GL/eglew.h> in which case the linker include flag should be -I/path/to/eglew/include.
g++ -L./path/to/lib/file.lib -I./path/to/headers test.cpp -o test, change your include<eglew.h>to"eglew.h"may helps..a, no.lib.