Re: GTK+ runtime libraries (for Windows) to stay in lib directory, not in bin

[Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <pfsmorigo gmail com>]

Hi Armin,

Your answer makes perfect sense but as a linux user I feel
uncomfortable to see libraries in the bin directory. There is not
workaround to put the libraries in the lib dir except by adding them
in the path?

Thanks...
Paulo Flabiano Smorigo


On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:09, Armin Burgmeier <armin arbur net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 09:42 -0300, Paulo Flabiano Smorigo wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I'm building a stand-alone application for Windows using GTKmm. So,
>> following the instruction at http://live.gnome.org/gtkmm/MSWindows in
>> the "GTK+ Runtime" section, said that you need to put all libraries in
>> the bin directory. Maybe I'm making a mistake but the correct is not
>> to put the libraries in the lib directory? I know that it's a
>> "cosmetic" change but isn't the correct place to be? I start to think
>> that the libs are in the bin directory for some unknow reason.
>
> DLLs are normally in the bin/ directory on Windows, and import libraries
> are in lib/. However, when redistributing your application, you only
> need the DLLs. They need to be at the same path as your application's
> executable, so the DLLs can be found when the application is started.
>
>> Thanks...
>> Paulo Flabiano Smorigo
>
> Armin
>
>