error ld: cannot find -luser32

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 07:23 PM 7/23/2002, Armin Zeltner wrote:

>hi folks
>
>downloaded current cygwin
>starting gcc i receive the following error:
>$ gcc main.c -o main.exe
>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find -luser32
>collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>I'm novice in cygwin!
>
>Please send the answer additionally to me with CC, because I'm not subscribed.


Hello Armin,

A good place to start with questions like these is the FAQ and email list
archives.  The archives, at least, is replete with postings on this issue.
However, to answer your question directly, you need to install the w32api
package.  Rerun setup and do so.

Good luck,



Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
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