Question

I encountered a problem with linking and distributing libraries in Visual Studio 2010. What I want to do:

• Link my project with SDL and use its headers
• Keep SDL somewhere in my project directory, so when I clone it from source control on another machine, I won’t have to install any additional library.

My attempts so far:

• Google points to tutorials like this one : Lazy Foo Productions, but it doesn’t do what I want because SDL is placed outside project directory.
• When I copy SDL to solution directory and add it via Project->Properties->Linker…. It works, but project settings now contain absolute path to library directory, so I guess it won’t compile on other machine.

What should I do? SDL is just a example here, I’d like to know how to solve such problem with any library.

Answer 1

You can use Project->Properties->Linker->General->Additional Library Directories to specify new directory where the linker to look up for libraries (it can use relative path)

You can use Project->Properties->C++->General->Additional Include Directories to specify where to look for the headers.