hi, guys sorry i havn't been around for a while i've been kinda busy with a new job.
i've been trying to compile an openGL example in ubuntu 5.04, the code compiles fine, but for some reason it won't link to -lGL
here's the line from my makefile:
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| g++ main.o -lGL -lSDL -o demo |
and the error i get:
| QUOTE |
| error: -lGL does not exist |
i've got the nvidia drivers installed for my graphics card, and i do have a copy of the shared libGL.so.1
can anyone tell me what i need to do to get this working?
thanx guys.
check if you have libGL.a
1) Does libGL.so live in /usr/lib?
If not add
2) If you dont have a libGL.so then you need to add a soft link.
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cd <dir>
ln -s libGL.so.1 libGL.so |
PS. You could add your soft link in the /usr/lib directory thus stopping you from needing the -L<dir> flag.
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ln -s <fullPath>/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
cd /usr/lib
ln -s libGL.so.1 libGL.so |
NB. If libGL.so.1 can not be found at runtime then your executable will not start. There are a couple of ways to make sure it is found correctly:
1) Put libGL.so.1 into /usr/lib or /lib
2) Set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH
3) Set the RPATH parameter inside your executable.
[URL=
http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-beta...1/msg00328.html]LD_LIBRARY_PATH and RPATH[/URL]
