cygwin1.dll not found

[kwikness]

I tried making a simple calendar program using Cygwin. The program runs perfectly on my computer because I have all the Cygwin dll's installed. When I try to run the program on another computer, I get an error message because the dlls aren't on that computer.

Most people that aren't into programming wouldn't have the cygwin dll's on their hard drives. I want to be able to make programs that run on other computers without the cygwin dlls. How could I accomplish this?

[quzah]

How about on a Cygwin forum and not on a generalized C board? I bet you could have just used a search engine and found this answer.


Quzah.

[itsme86]

Hint: static linking

[kwikness]

quzah, thanks for your super-helpful reply. You need to get laid, seems like you've got some built up sexual frustration.

Searched for statically linking cygwin1.dll

Corinna says "It's not possible"

http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2000-11/msg01264.html


Let me rephrase my question..

How do I create a C application that isn't dependant on DLLs not included with the standard windows installation?

[FillYourBrain]

use mingw. I compile with mingw within cygwin all the time. It's a windows port of gcc that does not act as a cygwin compiler

edit: you should be aware that a lot of people around here are tightly wound. Don't take it personally

[quzah]

You can't. The standard windows installation doesn't come with a compiler.


Quzah.

[FillYourBrain]

a good alternative to mingw-gcc is the microsoft compiler cl.exe which is free with the platform sdk download (or the Visual C++ express download).

But you're probably used to the gcc style. get mingw

[kwikness]

thank you very much 'FillYourBrain'. Your help is greatly appreciated. I'll check that compiler out.

Note taken on the tightly wound forum users ;-)

Just the fact that I did try googling for the cygwin1.dll error and came up with no helpful information.

[FillYourBrain]

yeah, its kind of an annoying thing, the gcc that comes with cygwin. Think about it though, its not a windows compiler per-se. It's a compiler for the cygwin/linux-like environment. It needs to operate as if the program is running in linux, not windows. That's why it needs the dll

[kermit]

Let me rephrase my question..

How do I create a C application that isn't dependant on DLLs not included with the standard windows installation?

Well, you could compile it on a UNIX type system...

[quzah]

Just the fact that I did try googling for the cygwin1.dll error and came up with no helpful information.

You're an idiot. You said in your second reply that you already found your answer: You can't (with cygwin).

Next, you say you found nothing useful. Well, you need to learn how to use a search engine. three words, multiple answers. There you have it.


Quzah.