Compiling with MINGW

[renatov]

I'm trying to compile a source code with MINGW, with the options that UVA uses:

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gcc FILE.c -o FILE.exe -lm -lcrypt -O2 -pipe -ansi -DONLINE_JUDGE

But I receive this error:

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(...) ld.exe: cannot find -lcrypt
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Does someone know what does this mean and how to fix it?

[brianfry713]

Do you need the crypt library? If not don't use -lcrypt.

[renatov]

Do you need the crypt library? If not don't use -lcrypt.

I don't know if I do... what is it for?

[brianfry713]

Then you probably don't need it.
http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual ... crypt.html

[renatov]

I guess I don't need it then, for now. But what if I need this one day? Is there a way to implement it in Mingw?

[brianfry713]

Cygwin is another option.

[renatov]

Cygwin is another option.

Thanks, but Cygwin has the same error about lcrypt.

[brianfry713]

http://cygwin.com/packages/
Try installing crypt and ccrypt, or just worry about it when you need it, or try UNIX or LINUX.

[renatov]

I compiled it under Debian Linux and it worked just fine, thanks. But when I'm in Windows, I might use Mingw. If I need lcrypt in the future, I'll try to install it.