DevC++ graphics.h

[bchinfosieeuw]

I have downloaded the graphics.h files and placed them in the right directories, and linked to -lbgi. The DevC++ compiler is giving errors such as the following:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Dev-Cpp\MinGW64\x86_64-w64-mingw32\bin\ld.exe skipping incompatible C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib/libbgi.a when searching for -lbgi

What can I do now? What causes incompatibility with libbgi.a ?

[salem c]

You can't just download any old library that happens to have the right name.

Borland Graphical Interface belongs in a museum, and you're going to need a museum compiler to use it.

Use something like libsdl if you want
a) better graphics than 640x480x16 colours
b) graphics compatible with your shiny new 64-bit OS and compiler.

[Duthomhas]

BGI is broken from the usual sources. You need a copy that you can compile and use yourself.
https://github.com/Duthomhas/WinBGIm-fixed-sort-of-

[George P]

salem c wrote:

Borland Graphical Interface belongs in a museum, and you're going to need a museum compiler to use it.

Dev-C++, whether it is the Bloodshed version or the Orwell fork, is outdated. The Orwell fork was last updated April 2015. Bloodshed essentially ceased being updated in 2005, there was a minor web update in 2008.

I occasionally still use the Orwell fork to compile code with C++11 compliance, when I want a 64-bit exe. I know it won't have any C++14 or later features.