Re: [GENERAL] Problem with compiled C

On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, [iso-8859-1] Hctor Morales wrote:

> Charles Tassell wrote:
> >[SNIP]
> > To compile C programs you need to add the pq library, so use something like:
> > gcc -o test test.c -lpq
> [SNIP]
> Excellent pgaccess work is great.
>
> So when I compiled my program in C use
> gcc -o prueba prueba.c -llibpq.so
>
> responde
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -llibpg.so : no such file or directory
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> I probe with
> gcc -o prueba prueba.c -llibpq.so -L/usr/lib

gcc -o prueba prueba.c -L/usr/lib -lpq

-l tells gcc ( the linker, actually ) to look for lib<whatever follows the
-l>. ie: -lm == libm, -lpq == libpq.

-llibpq.so == liblibpq.so. obviously that file doesnt exist.

more information can be obtained via 'info gcc' or 'man gcc'.

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