Usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l<nameOfTheLibrary>

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Usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l<nameOfTheLibrary>

I'm attempting to compile my program and it returns this mistake :

usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l<nameOfTheLibrary>

in my makefile, I utilize the command g++ and link to my library which is an emblematic link to my library situated on another directory.

Is there a choice to add to make it work, please?

g++ cpp linux

3 years ago by Bharatv4tg1

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**ninja01** · Answer 1 · 2021-05-21T15:11:17

If your library name is say libxyz.so and it is located on path say:



/home/user/myDir

then to link it to your program:



g++ -L/home/user/myDir -lxyz myprog.cpp -o myprog

**kshitijrana14** · Answer 2 · 2021-05-24T15:46:11

When you compile your program you must supply the path to the library; in g++ use the -L option:

g++ myprogram.cc -o myprogram -lmylib -L/path/foo/bar

**sandhya6gczb** · Answer 3 · 2021-06-02T10:13:15

On Debianish platforms, if libfoo is missing, you can frequently install it with something like



apt-get install libfoo-dev

The -dev version of the package is required for development work, even trivial development work such as compiling source code to link to the library.

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Usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l<nameOfTheLibrary>

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