Compile for distribution on Windows 7 using NetBeans C++

Question

I made a application in Netbeans on windows 7. I want to run it on another system but it seems to have lots of dll's it depends on. The compiler tool kit I am using is MinGW, and the first two missing dll's are form that. I only get one missing dll file per run so it is a lot of back and forth to find them all.

Is there a way to list all the dll's that my executable depends on?

Is there a way to compile it so that it does not depend on so many of them (ie compiles the code into the exe)?

Thanks

Answer 1

From the menu bar, select Menu -> Project Properties . Then in the categories column, expand the node that says Build and select Linker . Then in command line under additional options, add -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ . This will statically link the C and C++ libraries for you. You can also add other libraries with the -static option.

There are tools to help you find dependencies for you, but for windows dlls, I usually just look at MSDN. Here is an SO question that talks about some tools if you want to use them.