Installing curl and libcurl with Makefile.m32

[ortymd]

I try to install curl and libcurl.
So far I downloaded the curl-7.27.0.zip from http://curl.haxx.se, unzipped it and compiled with MinGW32.

mingw32-make -C lib -f Makefile.m32

After this command a lot of file.o files appeared in the folder, a libcurl.dll, libcurl.a.
To be honest I do not fully understand what the mingw32-make command does, but in despair I tried everything I found in the installation files from http://curl.haxx.se.
The compilation (I suppose that is what mingw32-make did) did not provide any header files and I'm confused what to #include. On all forums I've read everyone #include <curl/curl.h>. That is what I did as well. But when trying to use this header I get same mistakes:

D:\Dima\CodeBlocksProjects\Download2\main.cpp|24|undefined reference to `_imp__curl_global_init'
D:\Dima\CodeBlocksProjects\Download2\main.cpp|26|undefined reference to `_imp__curl_easy_init 

and so on. They pop up at each line where curl is referenced.
I suppose I have to do some additional actions besides the "mingw32-make" to link library correctly. Where do I have to dig?

I've read all posts concerning curl on cplusplus.com, read the installation instructions from curl.haxx.se, read the tutorial on curl.haxx.se, but nevertheless I do not know what to do next.

I use Code::Blocks 10.5; OS Win7.
Please let me know if any additional information is required. Would be grateful for any help.
The code of my program is:

#include <iostream>
#include <curl/curl.h>
#include <fstream>


using namespace std;

static size_t data_write(void* buf, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* userp)
{
	if(userp)
	{
		std::ostream& os = *static_cast<std::ostream*>(userp);
		std::streamsize len = size * nmemb;
		if(os.write(static_cast<char*>(buf), len))
			return len;
	}

	return 0;
}

int main()
{
    CURLcode res;
    curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
    CURL *cURL;
    cURL = curl_easy_init();
    ofstream * pFile = new ofstream;
    pFile->open("Image.dat", ios::out);

    curl_easy_setopt( cURL, CURLOPT_URL, &data_write );
    curl_easy_setopt( cURL, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, pFile );

    curl_global_cleanup();
    return 0;
}

[modoran]

You need to add libcurl.a to your linker import libraries. To run your program you also need libcurl.dll in working directory.

[ortymd]

Please specify what do you mean by "working directory" .

[modoran]

Usually this means same folder as your main program executable, but if you launch your application from inside IDE it could be your project files directory.

[ortymd]

Ok. Thanks a lot!!! At last got the file. However, I ran the program with libcurl.dll in working directory and without it. Worked in both cases. If you have any thoughts why is it so, I'm all eyes )))

[modoran]

Do you have libcurl.dll in C:\windows\system32 installed by another application or by you ?