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user2652995
user2652995

Reputation: 57

Trying to compile winsock program in dev C++ win7 - error

I try to compile this http://www.nongnu.org/cpirc/

I have got errors like : (when linking)

118     IRC.cc  undefined reference to `__imp_socket'
123     IRC.cc  undefined reference to `__imp_gethostbyname'

I dont know how to fix problem in visual i dont have this erros (but i want to compile it in dev c++)

I try to find solution on internet, but there are not solution for dev c++ (i dont saw)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4094

Answers (1)

zakinster
zakinster

Reputation: 10698

118     IRC.cc  undefined reference to `__imp_socket'
123     IRC.cc  undefined reference to `__imp_gethostbyname'

You don't seem to have correctly linked to the Windows Socket 2 library called ws2_32.lib.

Try adding -lws2_32 to the linker options.

Upvotes: 2

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