CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c++visual-studio-2015
Vitor
Vitor

Reputation: 43

LNK2019 unresolved external symbol _SDL_Init referenced in function _SDL_main

Every time I try to run the code below I get the error that is in the title, how do I fix this?

#include <SDL\SDL.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv) {

    SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING);

    return 0;
}

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3779

Answers (1)

jumper0x08
jumper0x08

Reputation: 131

The error means that the linker is unable to find the function SDL_Init. This is usually caused by improper paths to the libraries that contain function definition.

In our case :

You can either put all required SDL dlls into your Output directory(by default it will be the bin folder)

Or

  1. Goto Project properties
  2. In Linker -> Input and and specify the SDL dlls
  3. In Linker -> General -> Additional Library Directories specify the path to the SDL dlls

Upvotes: 3

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