OT: problem with linking programs using lesstif
Mark C. Allman
mcallman at allmanpc.com
Tue Aug 14 12:14:12 UTC 2012
On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 13:51 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with a program using lesstif: compiling OK, but
> problems with linking (x86_64 platform):
>
> gcc -o xmdemo xmdemo.o \
> -lXm -lXt -lXpm -lXext -lX11
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXpm
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> gmake: *** [xmdemo] Error 1
>
> On my box:
>
> ls -l /usr/lib64/libXpm*
> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 Mar 16 08:11 /usr/lib64/libXpm.so.4 ->
> libXpm.so.4.11.0
> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 75392 Mar 8 16:14 /usr/lib64/libXpm.so.4.11.0
>
> That means: libXpm-3.5.10-1.fc17.x86_64 is installed!
>
> All comments are welcome
>
> Kind regards
>
> Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
>
> https://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes
>
You need a link that points libXpm.so to libXpm.so.4.11.0. If you type:
ls -l /usr/lib64/libXpm.so
it won't be found.
My question is why the package install didn't create the link for you.
--
Mark C. Allman, PMP, CSM
Founder, See How You Ski
Allman Professional Consulting, Inc., www.allmanpc.com
617-947-4263, Twitter: @allmanpc
More information about the users
mailing list