[Lazarus] /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lwhatever

[David W Noon]

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On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:46:37 +0100, Giuliano Colla
(giuliano.colla at fastwebnet.it) wrote about "[Lazarus] /usr/bin/ld:
cannot find -lwhatever" (in <56C9CDCD.6070100 at fastwebnet.it>):

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> I tried adding the path where the .o/.so file is located in the -Fl
> path of the Compiler Options.

You should not put .o files into library directories. You should use
the ar command to build a library and put the resulting .a file into
you library directory.

E.g.,

    ar -crs libsomething.a something.o

Then put libsomething.a into /usr/local/lib; then use ldconfig (or
SuSEconfig if you're using SuSE linux) to refresh the ld cache.

This is documented in man 1 ar.
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Regards,

Dave  [RLU #314465]
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