All my programs require libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll and libstdc++-6.dll

Hi

Since i installed GNU/Gcc 4.x i cant compile a single cpp program without needing the libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll and libstdc++-6.dll for it to run. As it is quite anoying to always have to ship my programs with those 2 dlls, even when they are simple as hell, i would like to know if im doing anything wrong.

this simple program requires those dlls:

Code:

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#include <iostream>

main() {
        std::cout <<"HEEEEEEERE'S JOHNNY";
        std::cin.get();
}

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And btw, the programs only require those 2 dlls on other machines, in mine they work fine, so does this mean that when i installed mingw, it installed those two in my system32 folder?

If thats the case, is there any way to make it work without having the dlls?? if yes, how?

libstdc++ is the C++-runtime. That is, it has the code for things like "printing to the screen" which is going to be different from system to system (which is why it isn't in C++ itself). You can't escape the C++ runtime.

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Originally Posted by tabstop

libstdc++ is the C++-runtime. That is, it has the code for things like "printing to the screen" which is going to be different from system to system (which is why it isn't in C++ itself). You can't escape the C++ runtime.

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hmm, so why didnt i need them when i used gcc 3.x?

and isnt there any way to merge them with the .exe so i can ship only one .exe file??

Add -static to the linker command line options.

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Originally Posted by shiroaisu

hmm, so why didnt i need them when i used gcc 3.x?

and isnt there any way to merge them with the .exe so i can ship only one .exe file??

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You did. They might have been called something else (I don't remember right now whether 3.x used the old msvcrt that's shipped by default).

O_o

The MinGW port of GCC never used the "MSVCRT.DLL" for the C++ runtime and still uses it for the C runtime. (You need both.)

The difference is that the old version linked statically by default.

Soma

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Originally Posted by tabstop

You did. They might have been called something else (I don't remember right now whether 3.x used the old msvcrt that's shipped by default).

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Originally Posted by phantomotap

O_o

The MinGW port of GCC never used the "MSVCRT.DLL" for the C++ runtime and still uses it for the C runtime. (You need both.)

The difference is that the old version linked statically by default.

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Ah, i see, tks then. Btw when i said i didnt need them i wanted to say that i didnt need to add the dlls with the .exe :).

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Originally Posted by KCfromNC

Add -static to the linker command line options.

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Tks, that was it.