Undefine Reference C++

Question

Hi all,
I have started learning how to code with C++ and have just downloaded Codeblocks to programme. I'm sure I've downloaded all the necessary libraries however when I try to compile the "Hello world" code I get this error message:
\mingw\lib\libmingw32.a(setargv.o)|| undefined reference to `__chkstk_ms'|
I did have more errors like this before however I installed more libraries that got rid of them. Only this error remains.
It's been a while since I've coded and first time coding with C++, any help will be much appreciated.
\mingw\lib\libmingw32.a(setargv.o)|| undefined reference to `__chkstk_ms'|

Answer 1

Btw, you're free to join our discord server for more interactive help.
https://discord.gg/3aRQq8
You can request the C++ role in "role-request" and then you should get access to a C++ channel.

Answer 2

Are you using an old version of GCC by any chance?

Answer 3

As far as I know, it's the latest version, I downloaded it all today. How would I check if everything's up to date?
Just checked the codeblocks version and it's version 20.03

Answer 4

I meant the version of gcc, not codeblocks.
If it's correctly installed you can check the version by typing
"gcc --version"
in the command prompt.
Which codeblocks package did you select from this site?
http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/26
What do you mean with "All necessary libraries"? Which libraries?
On windows you can just download the package
"codeblocks-20.03mingw-setup.exe"
install it and start typing.

Answer 5

Thanks, command prompt doesn't seem to recognise it. The codeblocks I installed is codeblocks-20.03mingw-setup.exe which should include GCC.
The MingW installation manager had lots of libraries (Ming libraries) which I have installed aswell.

Answer 6

You'll have to add "CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin" to the PATH variable then for it to recognize it, but that's not really important now.
Since you downloaded the setup with GCC you should have 8.1.0.
I downloaded and installed it on a virtual machine and everything just works out of the box.

Answer 7

Thankyou, is that as simple as typing in "codeblocks\MinGW\bin" in the global compiler settings -> toolchain executables ?

Answer 8

No, that is unrelated to codeblocks( or to the actual problem ), it tells windows in which folders to look for commands, gcc is an executable in that directory, but this is a relative path, you have to get the full path where you installed it and then do this:
https://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/tasks/fot-addpath.html

Answer 9

Thanks for your help, I've set the path and now when I type in GCC into command prompt it says: gcc:no input files

Answer 10

Can you follow the instructions that I have posted on discord?
Don't use codeblocks for this, notepad is good enough, I want to keep it minimal for now.