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:

#include <iostream>

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

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.

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.

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.

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??

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

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).

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.

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 .

Originally Posted by KCfromNC

Add -static to the linker command line options.

Tks, that was it.