Building libpq on MSYS2 MinGW 64 bit for libpqxx

For Windows, although there is a PostgreSQL installer provided, the libpq in the installation directory cannot be used to link libpqxx on MSYS2. This post shows how to build libpq from source on MSYS2.

Building libpqxx on MSYS2 MinGW 64 bit

This walkthrough explains how to build the shared library (dll) for libpqxx on MSYS2.

Building Boost 1.67.0 on MSYS2 MinGW 64 bit

This walkthrough explains how to build Boost 1.67.0 from sources on MSYS2, without using system packages.

Error C1189 when using OSIsoft PI API with C++ standard libraries

It can be frustrating to get libraries to work together, especially old ones. Yes, I know the PI API will be deprecated sometime in the future, but it is so much easier to set up and use. Unfortunately, when you try to include C++ standard libraries such as <string>, errors spew out...

Setting up the allegro library

For example, to use static linking and multi-threaded debug,

Debug environment: \bin
Include: \include
Library: \lib
Preprocessor: ALLEGRO_STATICLINK (w/o inherit)

Additional dependencies (w/o inherit):