Create .lib from .def << Back

If you have a .def file and you want to create the corresponding .lib file, you can use the "Lib.exe" utility that comes with Visual Studio. The following assumes that you have Visual Studio 2026 Community Edition installed.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.51.36231\bin\Hostx64\x64>

lib /def:C:\sqlite\sqlite3.def /out:c:\sqlite\sqlite3.lib /MACHINE:x86
lib /def:C:\sqlite\sqlite3.def /out:c:\sqlite\sqlite3.lib /MACHINE:x64