Re: [Lzip-bug] Running pre-compiled lzip 1.18 on Windows gives error about missing library, application doesn't start

[Dieter Schmitt]

Hi Antonio,

ok i finally got it working. I had to grab 2 DLLs from the MinGW Project:
- libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll
- libstdc++-6.dll
and put them in the same directory as the lzip.exe.

Only the most recent version i found worked for me, older ones didn't.
The download links are here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gcc/Version5/gcc-5.3.0-3/libgcc-5.3.0-3-mingw32-dll-1.tar.xz/download
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gcc/Version5/gcc-5.3.0-3/libstdc%2B%2B-5.3.0-3-mingw32-dll-6.tar.xz/download

Maybe it would be wise to include these libraries with your lzip.exe
or have at least a short readme.txt with these links included. I had
to do a bit of search to find these.

Regards
Dieter




2016-12-27 13:16 GMT+00:00 Antonio Diaz Diaz <address@hidden>:
> Hi Dieter,
>
> Dieter Schmitt wrote:
>>
>> I just wanted to let you know, that running the pre-compiled version
>> of lzip 1.18 on Windows 7 (32bit) gives me an error about a missing
>> library. The application doesn't start.
>>
>> I got my copy of lzip from:
>> http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lzip-1.18-w32.tar.gz
>> The exact name of the missing library: libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll
>
>
> Thank you for reporting this.
>
> I do not have access to a Windows machine with a compiler. All the
> pre-compiled versions of lzip have been kindly provided by users, but it
> seems that compiling programs for Windows is not easy. I am always asking
> for help to compile something for Windows:
>
> http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lzip-bug/2016-10/msg00004.html
>
> This said, the problems with missing dll's seem to be common on Windows.
> Search, for example, "libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll", or read this:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4702732/the-program-cant-start-because-libgcc-s-dw2-1-dll-is-missing
>
> The lzip family is really in need of a Windows maintainer able to provide
> pre-compiled binaries. Any volunteer? ;-)
>
>
> Thanks,
> Antonio.