How do I install pthread_win32 (Windows pthread / posix thread library) for Visual Studio 2005?

Question

Just to be clear - I have searched the depths of the internet and back for information on how to do this

I\'m looking for assistance setting up pthr

Answer 1

Have you added pthreadVC.lib (or whichever particular lib you need) to the project property:

Linker/Input/Additional Dependencies

It's not enough to just have the lib file in a particular directory, the linker needs to be told to use it as an input.

Answer 2

Just adding pthreadVC2.lib to linker list is not suffiecient. You also have to add addtional lib like pthreadVCE2.lib and pthreadVSE2.lib.

I am facing same issue but then I resolved it through adding these files.

Answer 3

I have been through this problem recently. It appears that the __imp__ prefix is prepended to the function name in case pthread.h is included in dynamic linking mode. Simply add the PTW32_STATIC_LIB define to your project or your source code before including pthread.h should solve the issue.

#define PTW32_STATIC_LIB
#include <pthread.h>

Although, I am not completely over as Visual Studio now trys to link with the _[FuncName] instead of [FuncName]

In visual studio, function seems to be declared differently wether you are going to link them statically (.lib) or dynamically (.dll).

To define a function you will link dynamically :

__declspec (dllimport) int myFunc(int myArgs) ;

To define function you are exporting for dynamic linking :

__declspec (dllexport) int myFunc(int myArgs) ;

And the simpliest, to define a function you will link statically:

int myFunc(int myArgs) ;

[EDIT]

I am going on my investigations and went through this on MS help center. It seems that to avoid the _[FuncName] effect it is required to define a static linked library function by the following:

int __cdecl myFunc(int MyArgs) ;