I built static libraries for taglib for windows as follows. Gotto use mingw, not VS.
- Check out
git clone https://github.com/taglib/taglib.git git_taglib - Installed
cmake with the Win32 installer from cmake.org - Configure
cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/C/taglib_package -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/C/MinGW4.4/bin/gcc.exe -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/C/MinGW4.4/bin/g++.exe -DENABLE_STATIC=ON -DENABLE_STATIC_RUNTIME=ON -DHAVE_ZLIB=0 - Compile
mingw32-make.exe - Install
mingw32-make.exe install in C:\taglib_package
In my Qt project, I use this library, for example,
.pro
INCLUDEPATH+="C:/taglib_package/include/taglib" QMAKE_LIBDIR += "C:/taglib_package/lib" LIBS+= -lz -ltag
.cpp
#include "fileref.h" #include "taglib.h" ... TagLib::FileRef f("Z:/Documents/sample.mp3"); TagLib::String artist = f.tag()->artist(); std::cout<< "Artist is " << artist << std::endl;
This results in the following link error
release/main.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x93): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN6TagLib8FileNameC1EPKc' release/main.o:main.cpp:(.text+0xb3): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN6TagLib7FileRefC1ENS_8FileNameEbNS_15AudioProperties9ReadStyleE' release/main.o:main.cpp:(.text+0xdf): undefined reference to `_imp___ZNK6TagLib7FileRef3tagEv' release/main.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x101): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN6TagLib6StringD1Ev' release/main.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x10a): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN6TagLib7FileRefD1Ev' release/main.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x210): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN6TagLib7FileRefD1Ev' release/main.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x2bd): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN6TagLib6StringD1Ev' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status mingw32-make[1]: *** [release\taglib_experiment.exe] Error 1 mingw32-make: *** [release] Error 2 19:56:21: The process "C:\MinGW4.4\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited with code 2. Error while building/deploying project taglib_experiment (kit: Desktop) When executing step 'Make'
The code works fine on a Mac. So I guess the culprit is lib. How do I compile a library to fix the above linking error?
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