Just downloaded and installed Cygwin and the binutils, automake*, and gcc packages.
I've written a smal C program and this is the error near the end: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find -luser32 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status Here is the complete output from a gcc -v: $ gcc -v hw.c -o hw.exe Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/specs gcc version 2.95.3-5 (cygwin special) /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/cpp0.exe -lang-c -v -D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=95 -D_X86_=1 -D_X86_=1 -Asys tem(winnt) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) -Di386 -D__i386 -D__i386__ -Di686 -Dpentiumpro -D__i686 -D__i686__ -D__pentiumpro -D__pentiumpro__ -D__stdcall=__attribute__((__stdcall__)) -D__cdecl =__attribute__((__cdecl__)) -D_stdcall=__attribute__ ((__stdcall__)) -D_cdecl=__attribute__((__cdecl__)) -D__declspec(x) =__attribute__((x)) -D__CYGWIN32__ -D__CYGWIN__ -Duni x -D__unix__ -D__unix -isystem /usr/local/include -idirafter /usr/include -idirafter /usr/include/w32api hw.c /cygdrive/ c/DOCUME~1/jisndc1/LOCALS~1/Temp/cc0aQZLM.i GNU CPP version 2.95.3-5 (cygwin special) (80386, BSD syntax) #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/include /usr/include /usr/include/w32api End of search list. The following default directories have been omitted from the search path: End of omitted list. /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/cc1.exe /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/jisndc1/LOCALS~1/Temp/cc0aQZLM.i -quiet -dumpbase hw.c -version -o /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/jisndc1/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccslxEov.s GNU C version 2.95.3-5 (cygwin special) (i686-pc-cygwin) compiled by GNU C version 2.95.3-5 (cygwin special). /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/as.exe -o /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/jisndc1/LOCALS~1 /Temp/ccyWDI8h.o /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/jisndc1/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccslxEov.s /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/collect2.exe -Bdynamic --dll-search-prefix=cyg -o hw.exe /usr/lib/crt0.o -L/us r/local/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5 /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/jisndc1/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccyWDI8h.o -lgcc -lcygwin -luser32 -lkernel32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lgcc /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find -luser32 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/