MinGW possibly linking to 64bit dlls

Question

I'm trying to get SFML to work with Eclipse but I'm unsuccessfull(running MinGW 3.17-2 and gcc 4.8.1)

The file is compiled but when I try to run it I get the following error:

Looking in my MinGW\bin folder I can only see a libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll file and after some searching it appears that the dll asked for is for a 64-bit version? My OS is 64 bit but both MinGW and the SFML libraries all 32-bit.

How can I resolve this?

Makefile:

################################################################################
# Automatically-generated file. Do not edit!
################################################################################

-include ../makefile.init

RM := rm -rf

# All of the sources participating in the build are defined here
-include sources.mk
-include subdir.mk
-include objects.mk

ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
ifneq ($(strip $(CC_DEPS)),)
-include $(CC_DEPS)
endif
ifneq ($(strip $(C++_DEPS)),)
-include $(C++_DEPS)
endif
ifneq ($(strip $(C_UPPER_DEPS)),)
-include $(C_UPPER_DEPS)
endif
ifneq ($(strip $(CXX_DEPS)),)
-include $(CXX_DEPS)
endif
ifneq ($(strip $(C_DEPS)),)
-include $(C_DEPS)
endif
ifneq ($(strip $(CPP_DEPS)),)
-include $(CPP_DEPS)
endif
endif

-include ../makefile.defs

# Add inputs and outputs from these tool invocations to the build variables 

# All Target
all: Test

# Tool invocations
Test: $(OBJS) $(USER_OBJS)
    @echo 'Building target: $@'
    @echo 'Invoking: Cross G++ Linker'
    g++ -L"F:\Libs\SFML-2.2\lib" -o "Test" $(OBJS) $(USER_OBJS) $(LIBS)
    @echo 'Finished building target: $@'
    @echo ' '

# Other Targets
clean:
    -$(RM) $(CC_DEPS)$(C++_DEPS)$(EXECUTABLES)$(OBJS)$(C_UPPER_DEPS)$(CXX_DEPS)$(C_DEPS)$(CPP_DEPS) Test
    -@echo ' '

.PHONY: all clean dependents
.SECONDARY:

-include ../makefile.targets

objects.mk:

################################################################################
# Automatically-generated file. Do not edit!
################################################################################

USER_OBJS :=

LIBS := -lsfml-graphics-d -lsfml-system-d -lsfml-window-d

sources.mk:

################################################################################
# Automatically-generated file. Do not edit!
################################################################################

C_UPPER_SRCS := 
CXX_SRCS := 
C++_SRCS := 
OBJ_SRCS := 
CC_SRCS := 
ASM_SRCS := 
C_SRCS := 
CPP_SRCS := 
O_SRCS := 
S_UPPER_SRCS := 
CC_DEPS := 
C++_DEPS := 
EXECUTABLES := 
OBJS := 
C_UPPER_DEPS := 
CXX_DEPS := 
C_DEPS := 
CPP_DEPS := 

# Every subdirectory with source files must be described here
SUBDIRS := \
. \

subdir.mk

################################################################################
# Automatically-generated file. Do not edit!
################################################################################

# Add inputs and outputs from these tool invocations to the build variables 
CPP_SRCS += \
../main.cpp 

OBJS += \
./main.o 

CPP_DEPS += \
./main.d 


# Each subdirectory must supply rules for building sources it contributes
%.o: ../%.cpp
    @echo 'Building file: $<'
    @echo 'Invoking: Cross G++ Compiler'
    g++ -I"F:\Libs\SFML-2.2\include" -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -std=c++11 -MMD -MP -MF"$(@:%.o=%.d)" -MT"$(@:%.o=%.d)" -o "$@" "$<"
    @echo 'Finished building: $<'
    @echo ' '

Answer 1

Due to the way name mangling and non-standardized ABI work in C++, there is unfortunately about no compatibility between different versions of compilers. In your case, you're even trying to use a library compiled with a compiler from a different "MinGW" project than your current compiler is. But even if you were using the same "type" of compiler, C++ libraries usually aren't reusable across minor or patch versions.

First of I really recommend to not use the original MinGW project and rather go for a compiler based on the MinGW-w64 project. If you want reasons for that, you can ask Google, there are enough discussion about it.

Second you either need to pick a compiler that matches on of the SFML packages OR you need to build SFML yourself.

• For the GCC 4.9.2 MinGW (DW2) - 32-bit package I used this compiler.
• For the GCC 4.7.1 TDM (SJLJ) - 32-bit package I used the compiler that shipped with this Code::Blocks package.
• For the GCC 4.8.1 TDM (SJLJ) - 32-bit package I used the compiler that shipped with this Code::Blocks package.

And third, if you want the latest development version of SFML using the latest compiler versions, you can check out my Nightly Builds.