undefined reference to `inflate'

Question

Trying to link against a static assimp library which I built with MinGW. Here are the errors I'm getting:

H:\ovgl\ovgl...\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(BlenderLoader.cpp.obj):BlenderLoader.cpp:(.text+0xd91): undefined reference to inflateInit2_' H:\ovgl\ovgl\.\..\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(BlenderLoader.cpp.obj):BlenderLoader.cpp:(.text+0xe06): undefined reference toinflate' H:\ovgl\ovgl...\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(BlenderLoader.cpp.obj):BlenderLoader.cpp:(.text+0xf72): undefined reference to inflateEnd' H:\ovgl\ovgl\.\..\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XGLLoader.cpp.obj):XGLLoader.cpp:(.text+0x76c): undefined reference toinflateInit2_' H:\ovgl\ovgl...\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XGLLoader.cpp.obj):XGLLoader.cpp:(.text+0x7ff): undefined reference to inflate' H:\ovgl\ovgl\.\..\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XGLLoader.cpp.obj):XGLLoader.cpp:(.text+0x953): undefined reference toinflateEnd' H:\ovgl\ovgl...\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XFileParser.cpp.obj):XFileParser.cpp:(.text+0x9ac): undefined reference to inflateInit2_' H:\ovgl\ovgl\.\..\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XFileParser.cpp.obj):XFileParser.cpp:(.text+0xd5c): undefined reference toinflate' H:\ovgl\ovgl...\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XFileParser.cpp.obj):XFileParser.cpp:(.text+0xed2): undefined reference to inflateReset' H:\ovgl\ovgl\.\..\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XFileParser.cpp.obj):XFileParser.cpp:(.text+0xef8): undefined reference toinflateSetDictionary' H:\ovgl\ovgl...\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XFileParser.cpp.obj):XFileParser.cpp:(.text+0xf52): undefined reference to inflateEnd' H:\ovgl\ovgl\.\..\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XFileParser.cpp.obj):XFileParser.cpp:(.text+0x1b4a): undefined reference toinflateInit2_' H:\ovgl\ovgl...\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XFileParser.cpp.obj):XFileParser.cpp:(.text+0x1efa): undefined reference to inflate' H:\ovgl\ovgl\.\..\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XFileParser.cpp.obj):XFileParser.cpp:(.text+0x2070): undefined reference toinflateReset' H:\ovgl\ovgl...\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XFileParser.cpp.obj):XFileParser.cpp:(.text+0x2096): undefined reference to inflateSetDictionary' H:\ovgl\ovgl\.\..\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(XFileParser.cpp.obj):XFileParser.cpp:(.text+0x20f0): undefined reference toinflateEnd' H:\ovgl\ovgl...\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(unzip.c.obj):unzip.c:(.text+0x1935): undefined reference to inflateInit2_' H:\ovgl\ovgl\.\..\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(unzip.c.obj):unzip.c:(.text+0x19b8): undefined reference toget_crc_table' H:\ovgl\ovgl...\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(unzip.c.obj):unzip.c:(.text+0x1ec2): undefined reference to crc32' H:\ovgl\ovgl\.\..\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(unzip.c.obj):unzip.c:(.text+0x1f67): undefined reference toinflate' H:\ovgl\ovgl...\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(unzip.c.obj):unzip.c:(.text+0x1fb5): undefined reference to crc32' H:\ovgl\ovgl\.\..\dependencies\Assimp\lib\libassimp.a(unzip.c.obj):unzip.c:(.text+0x2245): undefined reference toinflateEnd'

Answer 1

Those are functions in the zlib library. Do you have zlib.h and the zlib library (.a or .lib) and the paths set correctly