Windows/cgo: cannot find -lmingwex & cannot find -lmingw32

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by czarek.tomczak:

Hi,

I'm trying to include some external C library using this code:

  /*
  #define _WIN32
  #cgo windows CFLAGS: -I.
  #cgo windows LDFLAGS: -L./lib -llibcef
  #include "include/capi/cef_app_capi.h"
  */
  import "C"


And I get these errors:

  # _/C_/cef2go/cef2go/src/cef
  /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.8.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find -lmingwex
  /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.8.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find -lmingw32
  collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status


Go version:

  go1.2 windows/386 on Win7 64-bit.

Thanks for help in this matter.

Best regards,
Czarek

[gopherbot]

Comment 1 by czarek.tomczak:

The build command is:
  go build -o bin/cef2go.exe src/main_win.go

[gopherbot]

Comment 2 by czarek.tomczak:

Turns out I had cygwin/bin/ in my PATH. Sorry. You can close this issue.

[ianlancetaylor]

Comment 3:

Status changed to Retracted.

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Comment 4 by valevkiril:

What was the solution to your problem? I am getting the same error while trying to "go
get github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3":
  $ go get github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3
  # github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3
  /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/4.8.3/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find -lmingwex
  /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/4.8.3/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find -lmingw32
  collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Go version:
  go version go1.3.3 windows/amd64
Cygwin on Windows 7 64-bit.

[davecheney]

Comment 5:

valevkiril, go is not compatible with cygwin (either 32bit or 64bit), please use mingw.
Please do not comment on this issue again, it is closed. I suggest asking for assistance
on the go-nuts mailing list, or raising an issue on the go-sqlite3 project on github.