i am trying to use

Curl

engine on desktop i am running into

C:\Users\nikky\.konan\dependencies\msys2-mingw-w64-x86_64-clang-llvm-lld-compiler_rt-8.0.1\bin\ld: cannot find -lcurl

i am trying to figure out where i need to install curl.. or what magic env var i have to set i am guessing i need to install

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-curl

in MSYS2, but apparently it is not picked up maybe because my msys2 is not in the default location? i also installed

curl

via scoop, not sure what else i can do

What does your linkerOpts look like in gradle?

i have no linkerOpts, i guess those would be in

ktor-engine-curl

They could be in either but it looks like you'll have to add them too.

also.. i figured out how to get it working.. but.. it only work withink gitbash as from

cmd

or such it cannot find the

libcurl-4.dll

and i was informed that static linking might not be possible right now anyways

Yeah static linking curl is a pain, there's a lot of things you'll also have to link in on its behalf.

yeah.. i do not really get linking and such.. there are other things i can work on.. i will follow samples as soon as there is some i cannot be the only one wanting static linking..

When I get off work, I can assist you with the link line. Just send me your gradle file.

it is here: https://github.com/jmfayard/kotlin-cli-starter/tree/windows

Sweet, I'll take a look.