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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