Building SQLite3 CLI without

[Oskar Skog]

On 2022-12-02 22:37, Jose Isaias Cabrera via Cygwin wrote:
> 
> Greetings and salutations!
> 
> I can build SQLite DLL and use it under Windows without any problem using this command:
> 
> i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -shared -static-libgcc sqlite3.c -o sqlite3.dll
> 
> And I can use that DLL outside cygwin without any problem. I can also build the SQLite3.exe tool using this command:
> 
>   i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -shared -static-libgcc shell.c -o sqlite3.exe
> 
> The problem is that when I run this sqlite3.exe outside the cygwin environment, it gives me the error:
> 
> "The code execution cannot proceed because cygwin1.dll was
> not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem."
> 
> Is there an option that I can do to build the tool without the need of the cygwin1.dll? I know that I can move the file in the same spot, but I want to create it without the need of it. Thanks for your support.
> 
> josé
> 

https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.programming.static-linking

"No. If your program uses the Cygwin API, then your executable cannot 
run without cygwin1.dll. In particular, it is not possible to statically 
link with a Cygwin library to obtain an independent, self-contained 
executable."