How do I link and compile Raylib on windows?

Question

I have installed the raylib migw from the official source. The installation directory is C:\raylib\raylib. I have written the sample program from the website as follows.

#include "raylib.h"

int main(void){
    const int screenWidth = 800;
    const int screenHeight = 600;

    InitWindow(screenWidth, screenHeight, "raylib basic window test");

    SetTargetFPS(60);

    while(!WindowShouldClose()){
        BeginDrawing();
        ClearBackground(RAYWHITE);
        DrawText("Congrats! You created your first window!", 190, 200, 20, LIGHTGRAY);

        EndDrawing();
    }

    CloseWindow();

    return 0;
}

I have compiled it using gcc main.c -I C:\raylib\raylib\src and when I do this, I'm getting the following error

C:\Users\jaych\AppData\Local\Temp\ccOHQPti.o:main.c:(.text+0x37): undefined reference to `InitWindow'
C:\Users\jaych\AppData\Local\Temp\ccOHQPti.o:main.c:(.text+0x43): undefined reference to `SetTargetFPS'
C:\Users\jaych\AppData\Local\Temp\ccOHQPti.o:main.c:(.text+0x48): undefined reference to `WindowShouldClose'
C:\Users\jaych\AppData\Local\Temp\ccOHQPti.o:main.c:(.text+0x58): undefined reference to `BeginDrawing'
C:\Users\jaych\AppData\Local\Temp\ccOHQPti.o:main.c:(.text+0x86): undefined reference to `ClearBackground'
C:\Users\jaych\AppData\Local\Temp\ccOHQPti.o:main.c:(.text+0xce): undefined reference to `DrawText'
C:\Users\jaych\AppData\Local\Temp\ccOHQPti.o:main.c:(.text+0xd3): undefined reference to `EndDrawing'
C:\Users\jaych\AppData\Local\Temp\ccOHQPti.o:main.c:(.text+0xdd): undefined reference to `CloseWindow'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

How do I fix this?

@stark I don't know how to compile this, so I did not create a makefile. And there is no makefile available on the GitHub wiki too. — iwrestledthebeartwice, Nov 06 '21 at 14:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 02 '22 at 09:10

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Add libraylib.a file into lib folder, then run the following command

gcc main.c -o main -O1 -Wall -std=c99 -Wno-missing-braces -L ./lib/ -lraylib -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -lwinmm

answered Mar 02 '22 at 09:10

iwrestledthebeartwice

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PSA: Do not use `raylib.lib`; I tried it and it gave me all these weird undefined reference errors – William Powell ''wmpowell8'' Jul 15 '22 at 01:32
@iwrestledthebeartwice I used your command to compile the code but got the following error: `fatal error: raylib.h: No such file or directory` Any idea how to fix this? I do have a raylib installed in C:\raylib\raylib. – Ogiad Nov 10 '22 at 21:06

How do I link and compile Raylib on windows?

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