undefined reference to 'IMG_Load' and 'IMG_Init'

Question

I've been trying to figure out why those functions are undefined. I have been looking for hours trying to find a solution and haven't found any that worked. The closest one told me to download an earlier version of SDL_image, which worked but then told me SDL.dll was missing, insisting that I would need to use an older version of SDL.

Exact error message:

This is what my Makefile looks like:

g++ main.cpp -Isrc/include -Isrc/include/SDL2 -Iinclude/headers -Lsrc/lib -g -o main -lmingw32 -lSDL2main -lSDL2 -lSDL2_image

This is what my lib folder looks like:

And yes, the include folder does have SDL_image.h

Additional question, I want to put all my .dll files in a bin folder but I don't know what is telling what, where to look for them so I have them all in the src directory:

My guess would be that sdl is using the dll symbols by default but you're linking to the static library — Alan Birtles, May 24 '22 at 05:56
Are the SDL libraries you are trying to link matching to the mingw version (both 32-bit or both 64-bit)? — user7860670, May 24 '22 at 06:41
@user7860670 already have that down then, unless I should test out 64 bit but I'd doubt that works — Johnathan Regha-Dodge, May 24 '22 at 07:33

score -2 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '22 at 09:56

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Whoever comes across this error use the VC development libraries instead of the one for MinGW. For a reason I am not aware of it works.

answered May 24 '22 at 09:56

Johnathan Regha-Dodge

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Even if it appears to work, it sounds like a bad idea. – HolyBlackCat May 24 '22 at 17:12

undefined reference to 'IMG_Load' and 'IMG_Init'

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