Where do I put my .a files
I installed Irrlicht earlier and realized the package didn't come with the libIrrlicht.a that it's supposed to. After an hour of trying to understand why it wasn't working and compiling the necessary files, I finally have what I need. Now my libIrrlicht.a is in /usr/include/irrlicht and I'm wondering where it should be so I only have to write -lIrrlicht in my Makefile like I used to be able to a year ago and I currently do with every other library I use instead of the whole path?
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I installed Irrlicht earlier and realized the package didn't come with the libIrrlicht.a that it's supposed to. After an hour of trying to understand why it wasn't working and compiling the necessary files, I finally have what I need. Now my libIrrlicht.a is in /usr/include/irrlicht and I'm wondering where it should be so I only have to write -lIrrlicht in my Makefile like I used to be able to a year ago and I currently do with every other library I use instead of the whole path?
filesystem c++ make libraries makefile
asked Dec 28 '18 at 14:57
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How did you obtainlibirrlicht.a? If you'd installed thelibirrlicht-devpackage (found in theuniverserepository) then the library would have been installed in the correct system library location and the linker would find it via the default library search paths
– steeldriver
Dec 28 '18 at 15:01
I installed libirrlicht-dev trought apt. Right now after running the dpkg -L libirrlicht-dev it says the libirrlicht.a is there /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a but I still can't just use -lIrrlicht in my makefile and have it work properly.
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:28
In that case I suggest you edit your question to include the contents of your Makefile, the command you're using to build, and the exact error message
– steeldriver
Dec 28 '18 at 16:33
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I installed Irrlicht earlier and realized the package didn't come with the libIrrlicht.a that it's supposed to. After an hour of trying to understand why it wasn't working and compiling the necessary files, I finally have what I need. Now my libIrrlicht.a is in /usr/include/irrlicht and I'm wondering where it should be so I only have to write -lIrrlicht in my Makefile like I used to be able to a year ago and I currently do with every other library I use instead of the whole path?
filesystem c++ make libraries makefile
asked Dec 28 '18 at 14:57
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I installed Irrlicht earlier and realized the package didn't come with the libIrrlicht.a that it's supposed to. After an hour of trying to understand why it wasn't working and compiling the necessary files, I finally have what I need. Now my libIrrlicht.a is in /usr/include/irrlicht and I'm wondering where it should be so I only have to write -lIrrlicht in my Makefile like I used to be able to a year ago and I currently do with every other library I use instead of the whole path?
filesystem c++ make libraries makefile
filesystem c++ make libraries makefile
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How did you obtainlibirrlicht.a? If you'd installed thelibirrlicht-devpackage (found in theuniverserepository) then the library would have been installed in the correct system library location and the linker would find it via the default library search paths
– steeldriver
Dec 28 '18 at 15:01
I installed libirrlicht-dev trought apt. Right now after running the dpkg -L libirrlicht-dev it says the libirrlicht.a is there /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a but I still can't just use -lIrrlicht in my makefile and have it work properly.
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:28
In that case I suggest you edit your question to include the contents of your Makefile, the command you're using to build, and the exact error message
– steeldriver
Dec 28 '18 at 16:33
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How did you obtainlibirrlicht.a? If you'd installed thelibirrlicht-devpackage (found in theuniverserepository) then the library would have been installed in the correct system library location and the linker would find it via the default library search paths
– steeldriver
Dec 28 '18 at 15:01
I installed libirrlicht-dev trought apt. Right now after running the dpkg -L libirrlicht-dev it says the libirrlicht.a is there /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a but I still can't just use -lIrrlicht in my makefile and have it work properly.
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:28
In that case I suggest you edit your question to include the contents of your Makefile, the command you're using to build, and the exact error message
– steeldriver
Dec 28 '18 at 16:33
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How did you obtain
libirrlicht.a? If you'd installed the libirrlicht-dev package (found in the universe repository) then the library would have been installed in the correct system library location and the linker would find it via the default library search paths– steeldriver
Dec 28 '18 at 15:01
How did you obtain
libirrlicht.a? If you'd installed the libirrlicht-dev package (found in the universe repository) then the library would have been installed in the correct system library location and the linker would find it via the default library search paths– steeldriver
Dec 28 '18 at 15:01
I installed libirrlicht-dev trought apt. Right now after running the dpkg -L libirrlicht-dev it says the libirrlicht.a is there /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a but I still can't just use -lIrrlicht in my makefile and have it work properly.
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:28
I installed libirrlicht-dev trought apt. Right now after running the dpkg -L libirrlicht-dev it says the libirrlicht.a is there /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a but I still can't just use -lIrrlicht in my makefile and have it work properly.
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:28
In that case I suggest you edit your question to include the contents of your Makefile, the command you're using to build, and the exact error message
– steeldriver
Dec 28 '18 at 16:33
In that case I suggest you edit your question to include the contents of your Makefile, the command you're using to build, and the exact error message
– steeldriver
Dec 28 '18 at 16:33
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Install the libirrlicht-dev.
To see the list of files installed by the package:
dpkg -L libirrlicht-dev
Also, on the Ubuntu site:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/libdevel/libirrlicht-dev
answered Dec 28 '18 at 15:32
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I ran the command and it says I have it here: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:30
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Install the libirrlicht-dev.
To see the list of files installed by the package:
dpkg -L libirrlicht-dev
Also, on the Ubuntu site:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/libdevel/libirrlicht-dev
answered Dec 28 '18 at 15:32
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I ran the command and it says I have it here: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:30
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Install the libirrlicht-dev.
To see the list of files installed by the package:
dpkg -L libirrlicht-dev
Also, on the Ubuntu site:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/libdevel/libirrlicht-dev
answered Dec 28 '18 at 15:32
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I ran the command and it says I have it here: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:30
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Install the libirrlicht-dev.
To see the list of files installed by the package:
dpkg -L libirrlicht-dev
Also, on the Ubuntu site:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/libdevel/libirrlicht-dev
answered Dec 28 '18 at 15:32
Velkan
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Install the libirrlicht-dev.
To see the list of files installed by the package:
dpkg -L libirrlicht-dev
Also, on the Ubuntu site:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/libdevel/libirrlicht-dev
answered Dec 28 '18 at 15:32
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I ran the command and it says I have it here: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:30
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I ran the command and it says I have it here: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:30
I ran the command and it says I have it here: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:30
I ran the command and it says I have it here: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:30
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How did you obtain
libirrlicht.a? If you'd installed thelibirrlicht-devpackage (found in theuniverserepository) then the library would have been installed in the correct system library location and the linker would find it via the default library search paths– steeldriver
Dec 28 '18 at 15:01
I installed libirrlicht-dev trought apt. Right now after running the dpkg -L libirrlicht-dev it says the libirrlicht.a is there /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libIrrlicht.a but I still can't just use -lIrrlicht in my makefile and have it work properly.
– HugeNoob
Dec 28 '18 at 16:28
In that case I suggest you edit your question to include the contents of your Makefile, the command you're using to build, and the exact error message
– steeldriver
Dec 28 '18 at 16:33