I'm using 4.1.2, on an intel P4 2.6 and running the latest Debian.
No matter how I describe it at the command line, the linker fails to find
libcairo.a
My library is located at /usr/lib
My include is located at /usr/include/cairo
The library is libcairo.a
My command line looks like this..
gcc -I/usr/include/cairo graphics.c -L/usr/lib -llibcairo.a
I can compile graphics.c to an object. ld answers with the same result. It
will always say "ld: cannot find -llibcairo.a" The file is there. I can open
it, and it shows up in the directory. I can exclude the .a extension. I can
use the longhand switch. No matter what I do, it always ends with the same
results.
I suspect this is not really a bug, but I'm doing something wrong. The manual,
while being substantial, includes no examples for even the common switches.
I'm here to tell you, people (even the ones on #gcc IRC don't wanna touch it)
are not helpful about it. And I LOVE GNU/Linux for teaching me more about
computers in the last year than my life combined. I suspected that maybe the
library is built wrong, but I used Synaptic to install it. It does link the
standard libraries, however. Why can't it see it?
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Summary: cannot find library
Product: gcc
Version: 4.2.1
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: other
AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
ReportedBy: virtualphoton at hotmail dot com
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33606
