我无法让Eclipse MinGW和Sqlite一起为C程序工作

Question

So I have spent the whole day trying to figure this out, and alas I have failed. I need help! So I installed Eclipse and MinGW so that I can write a C program. I am new to all of this. I need to be able to access an sqlite database. So I downloaded the sqlite amalgamation and unzipped it to C:/sqlite3 and it contains two .c files and two .h files. In the examples, I have seen online they include the sqlite.h header file as follows:

#include <sqlite.h>

So I think that I need to add an includes folder holding my sqlite info. So I click on my project and select Properties>C/C++ General>Paths and Symbols. With the "Includes" tab selected and the Language GNU C highlighted, I add the Include directory C:\\sqlite3. So far no problems, I can build a project that prints my name in the console.

Now I add some sample code from a tutorial site:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sqlite3.h> 

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
   sqlite3 *db;
   int rc;

   rc = sqlite3_open("test.db", &db);

   if( rc ){
      fprintf(stderr, "Can't open database: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
      return(0);
   }else{
      fprintf(stderr, "Opened database successfully\n");
   }
   sqlite3_close(db);
}

I get 3 errors claiming undefined reference to the sqlite3 functions. So I think I need to add a link to sqlite3 in the compiler. So now I go to Properties>C/C++ Build/Settings and add -lsqlite3 to the MinGW C Linker Command line. Now my errors disappear when I build the project, but I get a compile error that says this:

c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/6.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lsqlite3

It looks like it is looking for the sqlite3 files in the MinGW directories. I am stuck. I have tried pasting the file in the MinGW directory and even that doesn't work. I know that I am missing something obvious to the world, but I only have about 5 pieces of hair left on my head and could really use some insight. Please help me to get Eclipse set up using MinGW and accessing Sqlite. Thanks!

Answer 1

The amalgamation is supposed to be compiled together with your other source files. Just add the .c file to your project, as if it were one of your own source files.