fatal error: direct.h: No such file or directory | MSYS2 | Page 1

maiden hedge Jul 11, 2024, 5:48 PM

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im trying to port my projects to windows. during compilation i get direct.h not found error.
it seamed mingw-w64-i686-headers-git had it so i installed it but i still ge the same error.

im using mingw32 to compile and im on arm64 windows 11(running on VM)

frozen crypt Jul 11, 2024, 5:50 PM

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Please provide the steps to reproduce the issue.

maiden hedge Jul 11, 2024, 5:53 PM

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open msys2 mingw32
pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-headers-git mingw-w64-i686-cmake make
goto to build folder of the project
cmake .. (also tried make with same error)
ninja -j4
fatal error: direct.h: No such file or directory

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in compile definition i had to manually add -mwin32

frozen crypt Jul 11, 2024, 6:00 PM

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what project?

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also, can it be reproduced with 64 bit environemnts?

maiden hedge Jul 11, 2024, 6:00 PM

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its my own project

https://github.com/tabdroid-1/MaineCoon

maiden hedge Jul 11, 2024, 6:01 PM

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frozen crypt also, can it be reproduced with 64 bit environemnts?

yes i tried in clang64 same thing happened

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i wasnt getting not found error when i was trying to compile on linux with mingw32

#fatal error: direct.h: No such file or directory