Linking Staticly

[BuffaloBingo]

Does anybody know of a way to statically link raylib, I am using msys2 and gcc? Any answers would be helpful. I saw that statically linking has been added, but I don't know how to do it.

[ghost]

@BuffaloBingo AFAIK statically is the default way. E.g.:

cd raylib/src/
make PLATFORM=PLATFORM_DESKTOP

The libraylib.a will be generated on the src folder. Then, when you compile your program/app, just pass the -L/path/to/libraylib.a -lraylib to gcc.

[ghost]

msys2 only provides the tools (make, gcc, ar, etc) necessary to compile code.

If you want to compile raylib, you need to download the raylib source from this github repository, unpack it, then open your terminal (shell/bash), go to the directory where you unpacked raylib, go to the src directory there, then mingw32-make PLATFORM=PLATFORM_DESKTOP there.

[ghost]

@BuffaloBingo As an alternative, you could use the raylib distribution. Here's an excellent video from the Gamefromscratch Youtube channel that shows how to setup it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr5fYMgjNiE

[BuffaloBingo]

what would the GCC command be. I am currently using g++ "path\to\main.cpp" -o "path\to\out.exe" $(pkg-config --cflags raylib --libs raylib )

[ghost]

I recommend checking the raylib wiki, which has a lot of information about the building process. But the compiling line would usually be something like:

g++ /path/to/main.cpp -o /path/to/out.exe -I/path/to/raylib-header-include -L/path/to/raylib-compiled-library -lraylib -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -lwinmm

[orcmid]

@BuffaloBingo I suggest you take these questions to the raylib Discord server: https://discord.gg/raylib

That's a better place to walk through your current setup, learn what you know around developing on your Window computer, and coming up with a step-by-step approach. The raylib Discord is equipped for that.

For example, did you start by installing from the raylib home page, where mingw and the raylib source are installed on your C: drive? (Don't answer here, tell us on Discord.)