LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'lib.obj'

Asked Oct 23 '16 at 17:03

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I am compiling a server on Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, generating the solution using CMake. The project is correctly set up to generate a 64-bit release, and the following variables work:

MYSQL_EXECUTABLE = C:/MariaDB/bin

MYSQL_INCLUDEDIR = C:/MariaDB/include/mysql

MYSQL_LIBRARY = C:/MariaDB/lib

Everything builds correctly except at the end when I get the following:

17>LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'C:\MariaDB\lib.obj'

As suggested here, I have appended "C:\MariaDB\lib" to "Additional Library Directories". However, because it's looking for "lib.obj" rather than anything with a reasonable name, I've no idea how to fix it. Any ideas?

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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asked Oct 23 '16 at 17:03

Doukas

Just google "MYSQL_LIBRARY define" to see examples. Note how it should not be a directory but the actual MySQL client library that needs to be linked. – Hans Passant Oct 23 '16 at 18:02
Thanks, I'll look into that. – Doukas Oct 23 '16 at 18:31

LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'lib.obj'

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