Google "download glut32.dll" and pull that file down and put it in the
directory with your executable. I'd attach it myself, but gmail won't let
me. I use that all the time, though.
2008/4/25 Peter Schmitz
Problem summary
Trying to build a stand-alone executable GLUT app with ghc, Windows XP
Problem description
I compile and link (without errors) a simple GLUT application under Windows XP. When I run it, XP pops an error window saying the app cannot start due to a missing "glut32.dll".
I want to do a static build to create a stand-alone executable GLUT app under Windows XP, without using DLL files, or placing any files in the Windows system dir. This is my first GUI code in Haskell, and I chose GLUT because it is a standard library.
Following are some details. Thanks much for any advice.
Source code
-- Simple GLUT app to create a window module Main(main) where
import Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL import Graphics.UI.GLUT
main = do (progname, _) <- getArgsAndInitialize createWindow "Hello World" mainLoop
Compile/run Environment
ghc-6.8.2 on a USB flashdrive under a non-admin Windows XP account
ghc dir is not on C:
E:\apps\ghc\ghc-6.8.2
XP shell used: cmd.exe
shell path
E:\ghcTest>path
PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;E:\apps\ghc\ghc-6.8.2\bin;.\
ghc library path
E:\ghcTest>ghc --print-libdir
E:/apps/ghc/ghc-6.8.2
compile/link output
E:\ghcTest>ghc --make x -package GLUT
[1 of 1] Compiling Main ( x.hs, x.o )
Linking x.exe ...
E:\ghcTest>
files (sizes in bytes)
186 x.hs 387 x.hi 3,184 x.o 498 x.exe.manifest 609,222 x.exe
When application is run
Error dialog window pops up
window title
a.exe - Unable To Locate Component
window text
The application has failed to start because glut32.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
No output in shell; no glut window is created.
Other builds tried; same runtime error
ghc --make x -package GLUT -static
ghc -package GLUT x.hs -o x
ghc --make x -package GLUT -LE:\apps\ghc\ghc-6.8.2\lib\GLUT-2.1.1.1
ghc --make x -LE:\apps\ghc\ghc-6.8.2\lib\GLUT-2.1.1.1
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