Examples build errors on Windows with MinGW

I'm using MinGW 5.1 to build raylib, it went out smoothly with some warnings but building the examples throws this error:

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C:\raylib\examples>mingw32-make PLATFORM=PLATFORM_DESKTOP
gcc -o core/core_basic_window core/core_basic_window.c -Wall -std=c99 -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -Wno-missing-braces ../src/rayli
b.rc.data -Wl,--subsystem,windows -I. -I../src -I../src/external -L. -L../src -L../src -lraylib -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -lwin
mm -static -lpthread -DPLATFORM_DESKTOP
C:/MingW/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/5.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: 
i386 architecture of input file `../src/raylib.rc.data' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output

Edited by BlitzCoder on
Hello BlitzCoder,

raylib.rc.data is just the resource file for icon and binary properties, you can remove that file from compilation line.

:)

Edited by Ray on
raysan5
Hello BlitzCoder,

raylib.rc.data is just the resource file for icon and binary properties, you can remove that file from compilation line.

:)


Hello Ray, I actually removed it and also stops with raylib.rc.data not found error
After wrestling with compiling the default `main.c` project that comes from `/raylib/projects/VSCode/` this was the post that finally made everything work! I decided to make an account and leave my two-cents in return.

Hopefully the OP @blitzcoder has long since figured-out his issues, but for those like me who are just starting out here is the solution that worked for me.

In the project-specific makefile, copied from the `/raylib/projects/VSCode/` starter-example, the file `raylib.rc.data` is added to the CFLAGS argument list.

Look here:
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# Additional flags for compiler (if desired)
#CFLAGS += -Wextra -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes
ifeq ($(PLATFORM),PLATFORM_DESKTOP)
    ifeq ($(PLATFORM_OS),WINDOWS)
        # resource file contains windows executable icon and properties
        # -Wl,--subsystem,windows hides the console window
        CFLAGS += $(RAYLIB_PATH)/src/raylib.rc.data -Wl,--subsystem,windows
    endif
    ifeq ($(PLATFORM_OS),LINUX)
        ifeq ($(RAYLIB_LIBTYPE),STATIC)
            CFLAGS += -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
        endif
        ifeq ($(RAYLIB_LIBTYPE),SHARED)
            # Explicitly enable runtime link to libraylib.so
            CFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath,$(EXAMPLE_RUNTIME_PATH)
        endif
    endif
endif
ifeq ($(PLATFORM),PLATFORM_RPI)
    CFLAGS += -std=gnu99
endif
ifeq ($(PLATFORM),PLATFORM_WEB)
    #### ~ Trimmed for brevity ~
endif



I simply updated the line
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CFLAGS += $(RAYLIB_PATH)/src/raylib.rc.data -Wl,--subsystem,windows

to
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CFLAGS += -Wl,--subsystem,windows
.


For those who wish to know what is happening here the problem-file is a Windows Resource Compiler (.rc) file. It's compiled in such a way that our verson of compiler doesn't like. Visual Studio or the Microsoft Windows SDK will give you the 'rc' tool for compiling your own.
For more information see here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/...ws/win32/menurc/resource-compiler

For additional context I'm compiling everything with MinGW-m64:
http://mingw-w64.org/doku.php

I was trying anything to see what would stick, and while I was previously using the x86-64 (mingw64) set of tools/compilers I eventually ended-up getting a successful compile with the i686 option (mingw32). You can choose one or the other from the MinGW-m64 installer, and you can use it to install both if you wish. I don't think the specific version, mingw32 vs mingw64 would have mattered if I had just removed the CFLAGS reference earlier.

Thanks to the OP for the thread, and thanks to @raysan5 for the tip!
I just wanna say thank you for posting the solution. I struggled with this data.rc error for days, embarrassingly.

ah it's been a long time since.. I have yet to tinker with raylib and this issue again, but thank you @Spectron7x for posting a solution.


Edited by BlitzCoder on

For Raylib 4.2.0 examples Makefile comment with '#' the line: LDFLAGS += $(RAYLIB_PATH)/src/raylib.rc.data


Edited by grave on
Replying to Spectron7x (#22505)