# How to compile glfw 2.7.2 libraries?

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/how-to-compile-glfw-2-7-2-libraries/104>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [November 26, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/how-to-compile-glfw-2-7-2-libraries/104 "2014-11-26T18:54:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/how-to-compile-glfw-2-7-2-libraries/104/1 "2014-11-26T18:54:09Z")

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**[mac104](https://sourceforge.net/u/mac104/)** wrote on [Wednesday, November 26, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/3d713304/#946c):

I have Windows 7 and Dev 5.6. I downloaded glfw 2.7.2 (earlier 3 but I had problems with cmake) and there isn’t a simple file “libglfw.a” in the folders. I know I am to compile something but I don’t know how…