Let me first say that I have done no Povray compiling before, but I want to try
and add some functions for my own use.
So I downloaded the source files.
I have MS Visual C++ 2008 express edition.
I edit optout.h to put in my name."Distribution message 2", then select Povwin
and hit F7. The compiling starts until I see:
"7>Linking...
7>LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file
'.\win32\libpng\debug\libpng.lib'
What am I doing wrong?
> Let me first say that I have done no Povray compiling before, but I want to try> and add some functions for my own use.> > So I downloaded the source files.> I have MS Visual C++ 2008 express edition.> I edit optout.h to put in my name."Distribution message 2", then select Povwin> and hit F7. The compiling starts until I see:> > "7>Linking...> 7>LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file> '.\win32\libpng\debug\libpng.lib'> > What am I doing wrong?> > >
You obviously don't have de debug version of libpng.lib
Try compiling with the debug option disabled. Anyway, a non-debug
version will run faster than the debug version.
Alain
> "7>Linking...> 7>LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file> '.\win32\libpng\debug\libpng.lib'>> What am I doing wrong?
I had the same problem but I was able to combile and generate the libpng.lib by
adding a suitable include switch.
Don't you get a lot of error messages when you try to compile the png part
(libpng.lib) ?
I managed to compile in the meantime.
As I have Visual C++2008, I had opened the povray.sln file in the VC2008 folder
and this generated the fatal error, both in debug and release mode.
However when I used the povray.sln file file in the VC 2005 folder, the
compilation went smoothly !
Mysteriuous, byt then again I'm a total newbie at compiling.
Thanks for the suggestions though..
"PerNyblom" <per### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > "7>Linking...> > 7>LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file> > '.\win32\libpng\debug\libpng.lib'> >> > What am I doing wrong?>> I had the same problem but I was able to combile and generate the libpng.lib by> adding a suitable include switch.>> Don't you get a lot of error messages when you try to compile the png part> (libpng.lib) ?
com> wrote: