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I just downloaded a zip file from LibCurl's official site. In it there are 4 folders: include, bin, lib and samples. I know I need to link my VS2010 project with them. I linked the include folder but I can't find how to link the lib folder. And in it there are files with extension .A. Is this normal? Any help will be appreciated.

herohuyongtao
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  • .A are probably Linux libraries. You need to download Windows build – Martin Perry Dec 29 '13 at 14:46
  • You don't link gcc libraries to Visual Studio. You need a Visual Studio build 2010 library. – drescherjm Dec 29 '13 at 14:59
  • Here is some build instructions for libCurl in Visual Studio 2010. http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/Using-libcurl-with-SSH-support-in-Visual-Studio-2010.pdf – drescherjm Dec 29 '13 at 15:06
  • Thanks. I got it to compile with some warnings. I used that tutorial - http://quantcorner.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/using-libcurl-with-visual-c-2010/ There are many files to be linked.... – user3038079 Dec 29 '13 at 15:14

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Under Project Properties -> Linker - > Input - > Additional dependencies

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Follow the following steps:

  1. Make sure you download the Windows version, not Linux, as @MartinPerry mentioned (as .A is a Linux file).

  2. Add its include folder to your VS2010 include paths: Proprieties > VC++ Directories > Include Directories.

  3. Add its lib folder to your VS2010 library paths: Proprieties > VC++ Directories > Library Directories.

  4. Add all the libs you linked to Linker > Input > Additional Dependencies.

If it still doesn't work, you may also need to:

**5. Add its bin folder to your VS2010 executable paths: Proprieties > VC++ Directories > Executable Directories.

Edit: The above steps should work for many 3rd-party libraries for VS in Windows.

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