Compiling a SDL2 Program from the Command-Line w/ Visual C++

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Hello, everyone! I tried to set up SDL2 with Visual Studio 2013 Express, but didn’t succeed. So, I’m trying to compile a SDL2 program from the command line. The file name is main.cpp. My command so far is

cl main.cpp /I C:\sdl2\include /link /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS

However, I probably still need to include the directory that contains .lib files. Which option should I use, and how? I tried the linker’s DEFAULTLIB option, but it’s not working. Thanks in advance!

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Definitely check an nmake tutorial, there are, far more simple and
profitable. You are going to use them later, or say do a .bat batch, so
worth the time :-).On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 12:15 AM, stdq <fernando.karpinski at gmail.com> wrote:

Hello, everyone! I tried to set up SDL2 with Visual Studio 2013 Express,
but didn’t succeed. So, I’m trying to compile a SDL2 program from the
command line. The file name is main.cpp. My command so far is

cl main.cpp /I C:\sdl2\include /link /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS

However, I probably still need to include the directory that contains .lib
files. Which option should I use, and how? I tried the linker’s DEFAULTLIB
option, but it’s not working. Thanks in advance!

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