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Asked: 2026-06-12T00:02:52+00:00

I’m currently following the openglbook.com tutorials ( set up ) ( Tutorial ) and

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I’m currently following the openglbook.com tutorials (set up) (Tutorial) and have run into an issue fairly early on. I’m getting the following two errors:

1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__glewGetErrorString@4 referenced in function _Initialize
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__glewInit@0 referenced in function _Initialize

I have downloaded and compiled freeglut 2.8.0 as well as the glew 1.9.0 binaries. I have copied the libs and includes to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Lib and Include respectively.
The Lib and Include paths have also been added to my project properties under Additional Library/Include directories.

I have also defined glew32.lib and freeglut.lib in my linker->Input->Additional dependencies.

I have included GL/glew.h and GL/freeglut.h at the top of my main file.

What am I missing? Every other thread I’ve found has been solved by adding the directories to the project properties. Does anyone have any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This means that you try to use GLEW as a DLL (because your application looks for a name that begins with __imp, like “import” ), but you didn’t built GLEW as a DLL (because otherwise it would work).

    3 possible options :

    • Rebuild GLEW with the GLEW_BUILD preprocessor definition (Project->Properties->C++->Preprocessor->Additional definitions). Then rebuild your application.
    • Don’t build GLEW at all. Simply put glew.c in your application’s project. This is the easiest way.
    • (my favourite) Define GLEW_STATIC in your application’s preprocessor definitions, and rebuild.
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