Cannot compile SDL2 with g++ MinGW

Asked Apr 16 '17 at 13:50

Active Apr 16 '17 at 14:35

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I followed the tutorial here

the code:

#include <iostream>
#include "SDL2/SDL.h"
using namespace std;
int main(int argc, char* args[]){
    cout<<"Start"<<endl;
    return 0;
}

to run the code I use:

g++ Main.cpp  -lmingw32 -lSDL2main -lSDL2 -mwindows

and then I get the error:

c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/../../../libmingw32.a(main.o):(.text.startup+0xa0): undefined reference to `WinMain@16' collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

asked Apr 16 '17 at 13:50

Roy Varon

try #define SDL_MAIN_HANDLED before including sdl. Also is the SDL dll in the same folder as your exe? – DanielCollier Apr 16 '17 at 14:00
It solved to problem only for the code above but once i add SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO); I get the error: undefined reference to `SDL_Init' – Roy Varon Apr 16 '17 at 14:08
I solved it by using the 32bit version of SDL (i have a 64bit os so idk why it didnt work) – Roy Varon Apr 16 '17 at 16:42
were you compiling to 32 bit exe or 64 bit exe? note that Visual Studio defaults to 32 bit. – DanielCollier Apr 16 '17 at 16:43

Cannot compile SDL2 with g++ MinGW

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