Linking: with ld: cannot find -lc

Question

My system is: Kubuntu Linux ubuntu 3.8.0-23-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 29 20:24:54 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

I am trying to run this command:

ld -o loader loader.o startup.o start.o -lc -T linking_script -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2

and I am getting the following error:

ld: cannot find -lc

I also tried this: sudo yum install glibc-static But got this error and couldn't find a way to add the repo's to it: There are no enabled repos.

Hope you can help me.

Why don't you link with the gcc command?

Basile Starynkevitch
– Basile Starynkevitch

2013-06-19 07:34:54 +00:00
Commented Jun 19, 2013 at 7:34 — Basile Starynkevitch
– Basile Starynkevitch, Commented Jun 19, 2013 at 7:34

Sherwood Wang · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-20 09:09:53Z

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Check LIBRARY_PATH env variable.

Try adding -L<Library Directory>.

edited Jun 20, 2013 at 9:09

answered Jun 19, 2013 at 7:28

Sherwood Wang

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Eran Yogev Over a year ago

LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable is set up correctly. I have -lc Could you be more specific as to what I need to add. Thank you.

Sherwood Wang Over a year ago

Sorry, it's LIBRARY_PATH, not LD_LIBRARY_PATH. And you may try something like "ld -L/usr/lib/x86-linux-gnu/ -o loader loader.o startup.o start.o -lc -T linking_script -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2" (-L add a directory to the search paths for libraries)

Cody Gray · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-01 08:33:40Z

The man page for ld suggests that it has the following syntax:

ld [options] objfile ...

So, you need to put all options before the files. For example:

ld -o loader -lc -T linking_script -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 loader.o startup.o start.o

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