How to compile an application using libcurl with gcc on mingw - c

Question

I am trying to compile a C file containing this code :
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
int main()
{
curl_global_init( CURL_GLOBAL_ALL );
CURL * myHandle;
CURLcode result; // We’ll store the result of CURL’s webpage retrieval, for simple error checking.
myHandle = curl_easy_init ( ) ;
// Notice the lack of major error checking, for brevity
curl_easy_setopt(myHandle, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com");
result = curl_easy_perform( myHandle );
curl_easy_cleanup( myHandle );
printf("LibCurl rules!\n");
return 0;
}
,
Well when I try to compile :
gcc url.c -lcurl
I get the following errors:
F:\MinGW\home>gcc url.c -lcurl
C:\Users\Ehsan\AppData\Local\Temp\ccF7doFN.o:url.c:(.text+0x8e): undefined reference to `_imp__curl_global_init'
C:\Users\Ehsan\AppData\Local\Temp\ccF7doFN.o:url.c:(.text+0x95): undefined reference to `_imp__curl_easy_init'
C:\Users\Ehsan\AppData\Local\Temp\ccF7doFN.o:url.c:(.text+0xbf): undefined reference to `_imp__curl_easy_setopt'
C:\Users\Ehsan\AppData\Local\Temp\ccF7doFN.o:url.c:(.text+0xcd): undefined reference to `_imp__curl_easy_perform'
C:\Users\Ehsan\AppData\Local\Temp\ccF7doFN.o:url.c:(.text+0xdf): undefined reference to `_imp__curl_easy_cleanup'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
I downloaded this distribution
and copied all files to bin, include , and lib folder.
What am I missing?
Update
Well I fixed the problem by using -lcurldll.
In my lib folder I have both libcurl.a and libcurldll.a.
Why linking with libcurl.a can't compile but with libcurldll.a it works fine?

Answer 1

You can check the lib name by:
readelf -d [LIB_PATH]
That would solve you the problem.