John Coppens wrote: > When I run the program from Windows, I get a complaint that > 'libintl-8.dll' is not found. It _is_ in \cygwin\bin - just in case, I > reinstalled it from setup.exe (Yesterday's version), same luck.
"libintl-8.dll" should NOT be in \cygwin\bin -- and a cygwin-compiled application should not be looking for it. The *cygwin* version of the i18n library is "cygintl-8.dll", which is found in the "libintl8" package. I'm assuming this was simply a typo...if not, then you've somehow picked up a mingw version of the i18n library. > Just to be sure, I also reinstalled the entire Cygwin package with the > newer setup. Same thing. > > I don't know how Windows would find the .dll in \cygwin\bin - which is > the mechanism? Windows uses the following algorithm to find DLLs: 1. look in the same directory as the .exe 2. look in the current directory 3. look in the windows system directory (C:\Windows\system32\) 4. look in the windows directory (C:\Windows) 5. look in each of the directories in the PATH Applications compiled using vis-studio 2005 or newer also can use binary manifests compiled in to the .exe that explicitly specify certain other information used to located DLLs; also, certain registry keys can affect the search path. But the important bits, for you, are items #1 and #5: if you install your exe into C:\cygwin\bin, then it should work. Or, if you set your PATH variable (My Computer->Properties->Advanced System Settings [*]) so that it includes C:\cygwin\bin, that would work also. You could even exploit #2 by creating a Windows Shortcut to your executable, but set the Start In directory of the shortcut to C:\cygwin\bin. > Don't I have to copy the dlls to \window\whatever? No, no, no, a thousand times no! Application programs should never clutter C:\Windows... > Or is there some path coded in the .exe? Not for cygwin (see vis studio note, above). -- Chuck -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
