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Asked: 2026-05-30T22:33:43+00:00

I’m trying to get sqlite3 c-api to compile under windows with code:blocks/gcc mingw compiler

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I’m trying to get sqlite3 c-api to compile under windows with code:blocks/gcc mingw compiler as I do successfully on Ubuntu. But can’t get it.
What do I do for now:

Download binary packages, unpack them to c:\sqlite3, put c:\sqlite3 to PATH.
Now I can invoke sqlite3 from cmd window from “anywhere” and this work OK.

In order to using c-api with C I created new folder, prepare library:

dlltool -D sqlite3.dll -d sqlite3.def -l libsqlite3.a

… copy sqlite3.dll, sqlite3.def and sqlite3.h to that folder. In linker settings of project’s build options I add libsqlite3.a but I cant compile program.

Message:

ld.exe||cannot find -lsqlite3|
||=== Build finished: 1 errors, 0 warnings ===|

Please if someone can help to fix this issue.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I find solution by myself 🙂

    For described situation is needed to do as described above with dlltool.exe which is in your MinGW/bin directory.
    Then copy libsqlite3.a to mingw/lib directory. By me this is:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\MinGW\lib

    You can also copy sqlite3.h to:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\MinGW\include

    … to have always ready structure for compiling sqlite3 programs.

    In linker settings of project’s build options have to be added “-lsqlite3” (without quotes), and sqlite3.dll should be in the PATH.

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