How to use a library in other c++ code?

Question

I'm trying to use a library in my code. But as I'm new in c++ , I couldn't do that without any errors. First I copied library in my main file and then in my main code I just included .h files. When I ran it, it gave me some errors like:

error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __cdecl library"

The library contains .cpp and .h files of functions. I'm doing it in Visual Studio 2012. What should I do to use this lib?

Answer 1

Assuming you are using this library, The documentation to make an installation on Visual Studio is located here .

If this is your first time with C++ then this is a very complex project to start with... Using a library is a complex process as every single one has a diferent installation method.