Thread: Need help beginner

so im tried adding the directory for mingw but when i compile it gives me this error:

file:///C:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe:%20cannot%20find%20-lpthread%20collect2.exe:%20error:%20ld%20returned% 201%20exit%20status

and this : Screenshot by Lightshot


someone please help

Originally Posted by propker

so im tried adding the directory for mingw but when i compile it gives me this error:

file:///C:/mingw/mingw32/bin/ld.exe:%20cannot%20find%20-lpthread%20collect2.exe:%20error:%20ld%20returned% 201%20exit%20status

and this : Screenshot by Lightshot


someone please help

Yeah windows does not support pthreads at all because Windows does not support POSIX standard. To get around this you will have to install and use a third party alternative.

Like this one I suppose? https://www.sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/