Re: Help compiling Xlib

["Pavel M. Penev" <kal_pav@sz.techno-link.com>]

On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote:

> I tried all sorts of combinations but don't seem to be
> able to get it going. What is the name of the Xlib
> library files? Here are the things I tried. Any other
> advice?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --- "Pavel M. Penev" <kal_pav@sz.techno-link.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote:
> > 
> > > I am trying to compile a simple X application but
> > I
> > > keep getting the folloeing error:
> > > 
> > > gcc -g -o testapp test1.c -lX11
> > > 
> > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
> > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions? What are the Xlib libraries
> > called
> > > under Linux.  Thanks.
> > > 
> > > -D
> > > 
> > 
> > xlib6g installs its libraries under /usr/X11R6/lib/
> > (try dpkg --largemem
> > -L xlib6g) and are trying to have names compatible
> > with all other
> > distributions. I think the problem is that xlib6g
> > does not make
> > /usr/lib/X11 to be a symlink to /usr/lib/X11R6 where
> > ld likes to look for
> > the libraries. Either make the symlink, or give ld
> > (gcc will pass
> > appropriate arguments to ld) a "-L/usr/X11R6/lib"
> > switch.
> > 
> > This is for now,
> > Pavel M. Penev
> > 
> 
> 

And what you should have tried is:

gcc -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 <other gcc options> <file.c>

Sorry for "misleading" you in a way.

Hope you suceed this time,
Pavel