[ale] gcc ques

[John J. Cruz]

Fulton,

Thank you for the info.  I will try your advice.

jjc

On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 23:27, Fulton Green wrote:
> Fletch already gave some good answers. Here's my contribs ...
> 
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 08:59:01PM -0400, John J. Cruz wrote:
> > I use the following gcc command:
> > gcc -o NUcompass -lm -lX11 NUcompass.o
> > 
> > response displayed
> > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
> > 
> > X11 >> /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
> > 
> > echo $PATH includes /usr/X11R6/lib
> 
> The linkage step is probably going to need - a -L option (similar to -I)
> that includes the directory that contains the X Window libraries (most
> likely /usr/X11R6/lib in your case).
> 
> > I don't understand why gcc insist on looking in directory /usr/bin when
> > the library in question is in /usr/X11R6/lib?  For that matter how do I
> > change gcc to look somewhere else?
> 
> The -L option instructs gcc to add a directory to its library search path.
> 
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