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[Michel Lanners]

On  23 Oct, this message from Michael Norton echoed through cyberspace:
> [mnorton at b9 console]#make
> gcc     -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/X11R6/include/GL     glConsole.o /usr/lib/libglut.so.3.7.0 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lXext -lX11    -o      gameCon
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [gameCon] Error 1
>
> Now for my libraries, for instance -lXext:
> [mnorton at b9 glheretic-1.1]#ls /usr/X11R6/lib/*ext*
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6  /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.3

You're missing the static lib (libXext.a) and the libXext.so symlink.
Here is what I have:
[mlan at piglet ~]$ ll /usr/X11R6/lib/*ext*
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   92144 Jul 22 02:27 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root      14 Jun  1 10:53 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so -> libXext.so.6.4
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root      14 Jun  1 10:53 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 -> libXext.so.6.4
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root   69916 Jul 22 02:30 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.4

To recreate the missing link, make sure all directories where you have
libraries are listed in /etc/ld.so.conf, and then run ldconfig as root.
For the static lib, you'll have to reinstall X (the XFree86-devel RPM).

> I experienced similar problems trying to link Mesa libs:
> [mnorton at b9 console]#make
> gcc     -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/X11R6/include/GL    glConsole.o /usr/lib/libglut.so.3.7.0 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/lib    -lMesaGLU -lMesaGL -lm -lXmu -lX11 -lXext -lXi -lXt   -o   gameCon
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lMesaGLU
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [gameCon] Error 1
>
> I do have these libraries installed for Mesa:
> [mnorton at b9 lib]#ls /usr/lib/*GL*
> /usr/lib/libGL.a     /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2.030100  /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1
> /usr/lib/libGL.so    /usr/lib/libGLU.a             /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1.2.030100
> /usr/lib/libGL.so.1  /usr/lib/libGLU.so            /usr/lib/libMesaGLw.a

Something's fishy here too: you're telling ld to look for the MesaGLU
library, which will (according to the convention), be called
libMesaGLU.so (shared lib) or libMesaGLU.a (static library). Both are
missing. The same is true for -lMesaGL: neither static nor shared is
present. I suppose (but I could be wrong) that your program should be
looking for libGL and libGLU.


Michel

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