[SOLVED] Unresolved symbols when linking a program using libcurl

Issue

I know this is programming questions but I'm just frustrated trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong..

I'm using visual studio 2010 and followed all the steps here: href="http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/visual_studio.pdf" rel="noreferrer">http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/visual_studio.pdf

When I try to compile my solution I keep getting this error:

1>------ Build started: Project: LibCurl, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>LibCurl.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__curl_easy_cleanup referenced in function _main
1>LibCurl.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__curl_easy_perform referenced in function _main
1>LibCurl.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__curl_easy_setopt referenced in function _main
1>LibCurl.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__curl_easy_init referenced in function _main
1>C:\Users\Kyle\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\libcurl\VisualStudio\LibCurl\Debug\LibCurl.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Source:

// LibCurl.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res;

  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://google.com");
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

    /* always cleanup */ 
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
  return 0;
}

Solution

Looks like the libraries are not being successfully linked. Ensure the library directory is set to include the full path to the libcurl dll. Also make sure this library is actually added to your project.

Answered By - Willi Ballenthin

Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (WPSolving Volunteer)