[solved] OpenGL /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lGL

[yosh]

Hello,

I just discovered this wonderful SDK that is Irrlicht and i decided to give it a try. I followed installation instructions without any problem until I decide to compile a example code.

Here what i got :

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Makefile:47: Building...
g++ -I../../include -I/usr/X11R6/include  -O3 -ffast-math main.cpp -o ../../bin/Linux/01.HelloWorld -L../../lib/Linux -lIrrlicht -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lGL -lXxf86vm -lXext -lX11
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lGL
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [all_linux] Error 1

(EDIT: plus all dependencies seem to be installed.)

I made some research and I figured out that the problem could come from my beta nvidia driver (GTX560 Ti).

So I decided to see if irrlicht would be working on my Windows7 session, and well... all worked perfectly.

I'm getting so frustrated not being able to code on unix yet...


Well... actually looking for help ! Thank you

yosh'


PS : both OS are in a x64 version.

[randomMesh]

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lGL

Your linker can't find the OpenGL library. See the wiki for how to resolve these dependencies.

[yosh]

I forgot to say that all dependencies seem to be installed...

[CuteAlien]

If it doesn't find GL it means that dependency is missing. Did you check the link randomMesh did give you? It contains the -dev libs (not just the libs!) which must be installed.

[yosh]

Hi,
You know I both tried removing and reinstalling all those libs mentioned in the wiki.
So the main problem seems to be that I correctly followed instructions (and plus it's not my first API / SDK installation, but not on this computer by the way).

[yosh]

UP : problem solved

It was an error with symLinks :

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rm /usr/lib/libGL.so
ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.xx.xx /usr/lib/libGL.so

Thank you for trying helping me : )