在Visual Studio 2013中将libcurl库静态链接到我的项目（一个dll）

Question

So I've been trying to statically link the libcurl library to my project for the past DAY and I'm literally pulling my hair out. Everywhere on the internet different instructions are given and none seem to work. I've never statically liked a library before but now I have to (for the sake of keeping things organized).

So my project is a .dll file, which requires the libcurl library to function. I've managed to build a libcurl.lib file from the libcurl source, but I have no idea what I need to do with the properties of my dll project. I've tried adding it to "Additional library directories", "Additional include directories", "Additional dependencies" all without success. Some configurations seem to work, but in the end it still doesn't link statically, only dynamically. Oh, and I'm using Visual Studio 2013.

Does anyone have any experience statically linking libcurl? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

After a lot of experimenting I finally figured it out: I had to do exactly this (for anyone else experiencing these issues):

1. Open properties
2. Go to Configuration Properties -> VC++ Directories
   3. Add the location of your curldownload/lib folder to "Library Directories"
3. Go to Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> General
   5. Add the location of your curldownload/include folder to "Additional Include Directories"
4. Go to Configuration Properties -> Linker -> Input
   7. Add this to "Additional Dependencies": libcurl.lib;ws2_32.lib;wldap32.lib;advapi32.lib;kernel32.lib;comdlg32.lib
   8. Add "libcmt.lib" to "Ignore Specific Default Libraries"

And then it compiled. Hope that helped!