Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/02/19/15:33:08
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Mikael Åsberg wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
>
> > On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Mikael sberg wrote:
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > Try "gcc -Wall -o test test.c -L/usr/local/lib -lGL -lGLU -lglut", or
> > > > something like that...
> > > > Igor
> > >
> > > Thanks for the quick reply, here's what I tried:
> > > $ gcc -Wall -o test test.c -L/usr/local/lib/GL -lGL -lGLU -lglut
> > ^^^
> > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
> > > cannot find -lGL
> > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > >
> > > This is confusing to me, because I recalling reading that one should
> link
> > > to -lGL etc. Any ideas?
> >
> > It works better if, after a -L, you specify a directory that actually
> > contains the relevant libraries (such as /usr/local/lib).
> > Igor
>
> I just found that mistake, lol, and when I issued the following:
> $ gcc -Wall -o test test.c -L/usr/local/lib -lGL -lGLU -lglut
>
> I get a massive amount of linking errors:
> [snip]
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> Very long, sorry =(
You are most likely missing some X library (judging by the names of the
symbols). Make sure you installed all the libraries MESA/glut require.
Check the order of the '-l' flags, too -- it matters. You'll probably
find some useful info in a README that came with MESA or OpenGL.
Igor
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