Questions tagged [lnk2005]
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LNK2005 invoked by non-template functions exclusively
I have a C++ namespace called ShapeBuilder containing a collection of template functions that helps draw different shapes of tiles in a tile-based game (square, line etc). Every function in this namespace used templates without error until I tried…

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SDL2, error LNK2005 objects already defined in libcmt
So this is a common error but all the posts say I need to pay more attention to which versions of libraries I'm including. I'm using SDL2, OpenGL, and SDL_Mixer... I don't have any options in what I include except to stick with 32-bit libs.
Debug…

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Re-definitions of functions while including files in C++ (error LNK2005)
I'm new to C++ and I have a basic doubt.
I'm creating a french verb conjugating application.
I have two files, a Conjugator.cpp file and an ErVerbs.cpp file.
I want to keep the bulk of my functions in the ErVerbs source file and use the…

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Including the Boost filesystem header
I have a big project.
In N.cpp I need to use boost::filesystem::exists(path) to check if the path is valid.
For that, I include
I get the following error:
Error 2 error LNK2005: "public: enum boost::filesystem::file_type…

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Namespaces and includes generate link error
I was playing around with namespaces when I encountered a lnk2005 error. I can't figure out how to get around the error. Here's the error:
1>Source.obj : error LNK2005: "int Chart::Bars::d" (?d@Bars@Chart@@3HA) already defined in…

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Include guards not working? (500 errors of type LNK2005 x already defined in y.obj)
I have a big project (400 files) and all of the headers have include guards and everything, however I get 500 LNK2005 errors.
Could it be that I have function bodies defined in some headers? Cause I saw the same things in the DirectX utility…

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C++ lnk2005 error on two files with extern "C", why?
I have a CPP with extern "C" functions. If they are all in a single file, everything works great. I want to split up the functions into different files just for organizational purpose.
So lets say I have these two files:
File_One.cpp
#pragma…

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unresolved external errors
I have the following .h and .cpp files
If i have to I will include the full codes of the function definitions
When i compile my program i get the errors shown at the end
hash.h
#define BUCKETS 64
#define B_ENTRIES 50000
int…

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Linker errors in Visual C++ LNK2005, LNK2019 - not sure why
I'm trying to build code from the nVidia 9.5 SDK but I get the following linker errors:
>1>NV_D3DCommonDX9U.lib(NV_StringFuncs.obj) : error LNK2005: "class std::basic_istream > & __cdecl std::getline

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#include, error LNK2005
Alirhgt, i tried to sort this one out myslef but can't. So, i have a task to build a paint program in the console, i have a set of functions dealing with the console. My task being only to connect them logically to do something useful. The problem…

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LNK2005 with __declspec(dllexport)
I am programming a simple OpenGL 3D application. If I am running the application on a laptop, the performance is terrible since the internal Intel GPU is selected always and not the more powerfull dedicated AMD GPU.
I did read that I have to…

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I am getting LNK2005, LNK2001 and LNK1120 while using virtual function in my Program
I am a beginner so this problem might seem trivial to you.
So I have the following files:
base.h
derived.h
base.cpp
derived.cpp
TestCpp.cpp
base.h
#include
namespace App
{
class Base
{
public:
virtual void Print();
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Anirudh Kanaparthy
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C++ already defined in Main.obj
I added a header with some funtions. But im having LNK2005 errors saying the variables declared in main.h are already defined in main.obj.
How could i fix this?
My main.cpp
#include "Main.h"
//#include "Service.h"
int main(int argc, char*…

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Cannot solve LNK 2001 error in Visual Studio
I am working on a very big project, some hundred of .c and .h files, so I just cannot upload them here. I am running the Release in Visual Studio.
I am getting these errors:
Severity Code Description Project Path File Line Source …

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why I get LNK2005 errors on using boost JSON
I have class
#ifndef TLNK2005_LOADJSON_H
#define TLNK2005_LOADJSON_H
#define BOOST_BIND_GLOBAL_PLACEHOLDERS
#include
#include
class LoadJson {
};
#endif //TLNK2005_LOADJSON_H
and the .cpp file of this…

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