Using pcre in a c program on windows

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I am trying to build an appliction based upon the pcredemo application. When I try and compile the application in Windows I get the following compiler errors.

undefined reference to `_imp__pcre_compile'|
undefined reference to `_imp__pcre_exec'|
undefined reference to `_imp__pcre_free'|

Am I missing some .dll files or something?

Isn't that `_imp_*` some C++ name mangling stuff? – pmg Feb 28 '12 at 11:54 — pmg, Feb 28 '12 at 11:54
I'm not sure. As far as I am aware am using C libraries – Dunc Feb 28 '12 at 11:56 — Dunc, Feb 28 '12 at 11:56

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '12 at 12:10

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Those are linker errors. You need to make sure that you are passing the PCRE .lib files to the linker. Another possible problem could be that your compiler/linker is using a different .lib file format from that used to build the PCRE .lib files.

answered Feb 28 '12 at 12:10

David Heffernan

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 07 '20 at 18:23

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If you are linking PCRE statically, you need to #define PCRE_STATIC before compiling.

answered Apr 07 '20 at 18:23

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Using pcre in a c program on windows

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