error undefined reference to '_setargv'

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The issue I'm getting is: undefined reference to 'set_argv'

I've tried just about everything I could think of, yet nothing appears to work. I followed the installation guide step by step on how to configure freeglut with Codeblocks.

#ifdef __APPLE__
#include <GLUT/glut.h>
#else
#include <GL/glut.h>
#endif

#include <stdlib.h>

void RenderScena(void)
{
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);

    glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
        glVertex3f(-0.5,-0.5,0.0);
        glVertex3f(0.5,0.0,0.0);
        glVertex3f(0.0,0.5,0.0);
    glEnd();

    glutSwapBuffers();

}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    glutInit(&argc, argv);
    glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_DEPTH | GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_RGBA);
    glutInitWindowPosition(100,100);
    glutInitWindowSize(320,320);
    glutCreateWindow("Title");
    glutDisplayFunc(RenderScena);
    glutMainLoop();
    return 0;


}

How are you compiling your program, and in particular, how are you linking the program? — , May 15 '16 at 13:06
||=== Build: Debug in Glutest (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler) ===| c:\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.9.3\..\..\..\crt2.o|| undefined reference to `_setargv'| ||error: ld returned 1 exit status| ||=== Build failed: 2 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 2 second(s)) ===| is the exact error — Wulfe, May 15 '16 at 13:37
Hard to read, but it appears you're not linking with the freeglut library. — , May 15 '16 at 14:17
As far as I can tell, everything should be in order. Once more, I've followed this tutorial http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php/Using_FreeGlut_with_Code::Blocks on setting it up. — Wulfe, May 15 '16 at 14:35
Maybe I should try and re-install freeglut with a previous version? I used 3.0.0 — Wulfe, May 15 '16 at 16:00

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 03 '17 at 15:13

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In my case, codeblocks was setting the path to the compiler to the installation under C:. When I changed to the installation in the directory of codeblocks, compilation worked:

In the codeblocks, go to settings-compiler-toolchain executables, and change the compiler's installation directory to the installation of MinGW in the codeblocks directory.

edited Dec 03 '17 at 15:13

hoijui

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answered Dec 03 '17 at 14:27

Joao Pedro

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you saved my ass :) – Al Walid Ashik Nov 26 '18 at 18:27
This worked for me, too. Thank you very much. This was wasting a lot of my time. The moral of the story is, if you already have an up-to-date version of MinGW insatlled, don't have Code::Blocks install it again -- otherwise, delete the old MinGW, let Code::Blocks reinstall it, update your path variable(s) as necessary, then Code::Blocks will autodetect MinGW in the right place. Looks like a bug-fix opportunity in Code::Blocks. – Bob Nov 10 '19 at 17:35

error undefined reference to '_setargv'

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