error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol libcurl Visual studio

Question

Yes, I am aware that this is a linker error to the libcurl.lib I assume? I\'ve tried downloading libcurl from a different source and put it in different places.

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Answer 1

Working on Visual Studio 2013 using Static Library

I got it to work now, thanks to some angel. Found this git repo: https://github.com/blackrosezy/build-libcurl-windows

Ran the .bat which also generated static libraries like the downloads before didnt.

How to:

Run the .bat included in the repository.

libcurl will be found in the thirdparty subfolder containing folders include and lib.

Create a new Visual Studio Project

Properties -> VC++ -> Add Directory thirdparty/include (the path)

Properties -> VC++ -> Add Library thirdparty/lib/static-debug (the path)

Properties -> C++ -> Preprocessor -> Add CURL_STATICLIB

Linker -> General -> Additional Library Directories Library -> thirdparty/lib/static-debug (the path) Linker -> Input add: C:\xxx\xxx\xxx\build-libcurl-windows\third-party\libcurl\lib\static-debug\libcurl_a_debug.lib (the full path of the lib file)