<![CDATA[failed to start app error 142 (taglib)]]>Hi
I'm having troubles adding taglib to my project (on Windows of course, Linux works as usually).
I have downloaded taglib sources from git and compiled it under Cygwin32, gcc version 7.3.0 (target: i686-pc-cygwin ?) using cmake.
Static libtag.a was created, I believe it is 32 bit, when I execute
dumpbin.exe /headers taglib/libtag.a | grep -i machine
I have got:
14C machine (x86)
In Qt I'm using Qt 5.11.1 MinGW 32Bit so it should work ?
Compilation ends with error:
recipe for target 'release/lib-test.exe' failed
and there is popup saying:
The application was unable to start correctly (0x000000142)

can comeone help?
Best,
Marek

[Edit ~aha_1980: Fixed typo tablib -> taglib]

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/93129/failed-to-start-app-error-142-taglibRSS for NodeFri, 24 Apr 2026 22:43:21 GMTSat, 28 Jul 2018 14:39:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to failed to start app error 142 (taglib) on Sat, 28 Jul 2018 18:00:22 GMT]]>@Marek

ah, yes you are right. If I were you, I'd try to compile taglib with mingw too to avoid incompatibilities.

My gut feeling is, that you cannot exchange libs between mingw and cygwin-gcc

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/472546https://forum.qt.io/post/472546Sat, 28 Jul 2018 18:00:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to failed to start app error 142 (taglib) on Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:50:05 GMT]]>@aha_1980 now I have 100+ errors like undefined reference to '__dso_handle' from libtag.a so I assume it won't work with libtag.a compiled by gcc.
The example you provided was with cmake using mingw to compile.

Best,
Marek

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/472542https://forum.qt.io/post/472542Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:50:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to failed to start app error 142 (taglib) on Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:21:00 GMT]]>@aha_1980 I haven't, let me check it

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/472540https://forum.qt.io/post/472540Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:21:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to failed to start app error 142 (taglib) on Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:13:46 GMT]]>Hi @Marek,

So if I understand you correctly, you have build taglib with Cygwin-gcc and your program win MinGW?

Have you already found this stackoverflow question?

They propose to add -DTAGLIB_STATIC when compiling your app.

Regards

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