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I am trying to get the most recent version of the libBox2D.a file for updating an old project that uses Box2D. I am using Code::Blocks and Windows 7 64-bit.

I have added the Box2D folder into a Code::Blocks project, and got the HelloWorld.cbp applet to build and run. I expected a lib folder to be created and the .a file to be there, but it's not. The question is, How does libBox2D.a get generated, and where does it go?

zZShort_CircuitZz
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Assuming your codeblocks project is setup correctly, the libBox2D.a library gets produced as the end result of building the corresponding project file. What you have to figure out is whether the project is setup to build Box2D as a shared dll or as a static library.

You can find the destination of the build output under project options->Build targets->Output filename. That field should tell you where to find the output. If that doesn't help, you can open a cmd.exe shell and go into Box2D's working directory and do a manual search. For example:

cd YOUR_Box2D_DIRECTORY_GOES_HERE
dir/s/a/w lib*.a
greatwolf
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  • Yes thank you - I figured out to use cmake to generate the necessary project files, then I went into the destination output and found the appropriate file. – zZShort_CircuitZz Jul 25 '13 at 17:08