adding SOIL library issues

[DeadEli]

I am trying to use SOIL to add textures to my program using OpenGL. My IDE is Dev c++. I am getting some sort of error about a SOIL function. This is my compiler log:

Compiler: Default compiler
Building Makefile: "C:\Users\Eli\Documents\C++\Learning OpenGL\blank\Makefile.win"
Executing  make...
make.exe -f "C:\Users\Eli\Documents\C++\Learning OpenGL\blank\Makefile.win" all
g++.exe -c main.cpp -o main.o -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.2/include"  -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2/backward"  -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2/mingw32"  -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2"  -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/include"   

g++.exe main.o  -o "Project1.exe" -L"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/lib" -mwindows -lopengl32 

main.o(.text+0x13e):main.cpp: undefined reference to `SOIL_load_OGL_texture'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

make.exe: *** [Project1.exe] Error 1

Execution terminated 

I tried adding the SOIL library. I downloaded it from http://www.lonesock.net/soil.html
I took the file in the lib folder and added it to Dev's lib folder. I also added the src/SOIL.h to Dev's include folder.
Does anyone know how to fix this error? I'm not sure, but I may have messed up adding the SOIL library.

[Moschops]

You need to instruct your IDE that you want to link against the SOIL library. Just putting it somewhere on your hard drive is not enough.

[DeadEli]

thanks, I added "-lSOIL.h" to make it work; however, that confuses me. What does this "lSOIL.h" refer to? As far as I'm aware I have no file titled "lSOIL.h" on my hard drive.

[Moschops]

What about just -lSOIL ? Does that work, in place of -lSOIL.h

[DeadEli]

yeah, after double checking, I realize that I did use -lSOIL
either way, what is that pointing to?

[Moschops]

-l instructs the linker to link to a library, so -lSOIL instructs to link to the SOIL library, named libSOIL.a