I am using GCC, what switches do I need to add to link with Xlib? After searching, all I could find was -lX11, but that gave me ld: library not found for -lX11
I am using a mac (10.6), but I would not like anything that is Mac specific.
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You also need -L/usr/X11/lib. It's not exactly Mac-specific, but you will find that the location of these libs will vary a bit from system to system.
bmargulies
2009-12-31 01:19:21
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$ locate libX11
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.2.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/X11/lib/libX11.6.2.0.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/X11/lib/libX11.6.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/X11/lib/libX11.dylib
/usr/X11/lib/libX11.6.2.0.dylib
/usr/X11/lib/libX11.6.dylib
/usr/X11/lib/libX11.dylib
/usr/X11/lib/libX11.la
I'd try
gcc [...] -L/usr/X11/lib -lX11 [...]
to set the search path for libraries.
dmckee
2009-12-31 01:20:12
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You'd be surprised, but sometimes -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 is the answer -_-.
Kornel Kisielewicz
2009-12-31 01:21:35
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You can usually use pkg-config to determine the flags you need to pass:
gcc `pkg-config --cflags --libs x11` -o my-program my-program.c
Brian Campbell
2009-12-31 01:23:24
Hey! I didn't know that was there. And I've always liked that kind of facility when individual programs supply it (e.g. `root-config` with http://root.cern.ch/).
dmckee
2009-12-31 01:27:16
Hmmm...mine seems to be supplied by fink (on Mac OS 10.5).
dmckee
2009-12-31 01:29:02
+1 : I love the answers when someone asks for a fish and gets a fishing rod in return :)
Kornel Kisielewicz
2009-12-31 01:56:36