error: linking with link.exe failed: exit code: 1181

[Nucl3arSn3k]

When i included the Rust GTK binding library in my project, and attempted to build it,I got this error.

error: linking with link.exe failed: exit code: 1181

with the note that
note: LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'gobject-2.0.lib'

For the record,I'm executing this code on a Windows machine after installing gtk4 via MSYS2

[MarcGuiselin]

You can fix this by adding the path to the gdx build lib directory that contains gobject-2.0.lib (C:\gtk-build\gtk\x64\release\lib in my case) to either the LIB, LIBPATH or PATH environment variables.

If you used gvsbuild (which I assume since you're on windows), this is mentioned in the install steps: https://github.com/wingtk/gvsbuild#add-gtk-to-your-environmental-variables

But there's a caveat that the command they list on their README doesn't actually alter environment variables globally (it only does so in the current shell). I realized this after reading through he guide again.

Since this isn't an issue with gtk-rs I suggest this issue be closed.

[nazar-pc]

I just hit this today after carefully following instructions with gvsbuild. I think this information should be added to the book before closing. I have added it to LIB.

[bilelmoussaoui]

@nazar-pc mind sending a PR?

[nazar-pc]

Well, interestingly this was only needed in GitHub Actions CI, it worked fine without LIB on Windows 10 installation I have in a VM locally.

[bilelmoussaoui]

Well, interestingly this was only needed in GitHub Actions CI, it worked fine without LIB on Windows 10 installation I have in a VM locally.

Would you mind sharing a link to your actions file? it could be useful for either future chapters or people wanting to test their app on windows

[nazar-pc]

Sure, here is where LIB is updated and the whole workflow is: https://github.com/subspace/space-acres/blob/3c41f10dffdb225c25e0d989fef86116338002ee/.github/workflows/release.yml#L77