Hello everyone, I am trying to compile the sample code from the site but I get this error: glfw.cpp:1:10: fatal error: GLFW/glfw3.h: No such file or directory #include <GLFW/glfw3.h> compilation terminated. I don’t know if I installed glfw correctly but the contents of the glfw include folder I …

Alternatively you can set the directory for the include search using the -I option: g++ -IC:\mingw64\include\ glfw.cpp -o glfw - lglfw3 -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32 The include directory should have the folder GLFW inside, and in that folder you should have the file glfw3.h, so that the …

Hi @JamesCpp , welcome to the GLFW forums! When compiling any program you need to tell the compiler the location of any include files or libraries by specifying search directories for these. To specify an include directory to search you use the -I[directory_name] option and for libraries you use -l[…

Hi @dougbinks , thanks the version i use of mingw is MinGW-W64 GCC-8.1.0, x86_64-8.1.0-release-posix-seh-rt_v6-rev0. Here are some pictures of how I copied the files: [image] lib-folder Image lib-folder hosted in imgbb.com [image] include-folder Ima…

I think you need to check that your install of MinGW is searching it’s own include path. To do that see their guide: http://www.mingw.org/wiki/IncludePathHOWTO

It worked!! I’m happy!! Thanks a lot @dougbinks , I’m on the c ++ learning path and you helped me a lot! thanks :grinning:

How do I compile the example on mingw-w64?

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dougbinks December 31, 2019, 6:52pm 7

Excellent, wiahing you a Happy New Year’s start to C++ and GLFW.

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How do I compile the example on mingw-w64?

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