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When building an application that uses the static libcurl library, you must
add -DCURL_STATICLIB to your CFLAGS. Otherwise the linker will look for
- dynamic import symbols. If you get linker error like "unknown symbol
- __imp__curl_easy_init ..." you have linked against the wrong (static)
- library. If you want to use the libcurl.dll and import lib, you don't need
- any extra CFLAGS, but use one of the import libraries below. These are the
- libraries produced by the various lib/Makefile.* files:
+ dynamic import symbols. If you're using Visual Studio, you need to instead
+ add CURL_STATICLIB in the "Preprocessor Definitions" section.
+
+ If you get linker error like "unknown symbol __imp__curl_easy_init ..." you
+ have linked against the wrong (static) library. If you want to use the
+ libcurl.dll and import lib, you don't need any extra CFLAGS, but use one of
+ the import libraries below. These are the libraries produced by the various
+ lib/Makefile.* files:
Target: static lib. import lib for libcurl*.dll.
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