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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 08:54:12 -0400
To: Armin DOT Zeltner AT t-online DOT de (Armin Zeltner), cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: error ld: cannot find -luser32
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At 07:23 PM 7/23/2002, Armin Zeltner wrote:

>hi folks
>
>downloaded current cygwin
>starting gcc i receive the following error:
>$ gcc main.c -o main.exe
>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find -luser32
>collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>I'm novice in cygwin!
>
>Please send the answer additionally to me with CC, because I'm not subscribed.


Hello Armin,

A good place to start with questions like these is the FAQ and email list
archives.  The archives, at least, is replete with postings on this issue.
However, to answer your question directly, you need to install the w32api
package.  Rerun setup and do so.

Good luck,



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