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Hi all, I have a problem compiling X applications. Executing this command gives the below error. $ gcc -I/usr/X11R6/include -o PIXMAP draw-pixmap.c -L /usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11 collect2: ...
  1. 07-19-2006 #1
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    Unhappy /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11

    Hi all,
    I have a problem compiling X applications. Executing this command gives the below error.

    $ gcc -I/usr/X11R6/include -o PIXMAP draw-pixmap.c -L /usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11

    /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

    I checked the directory /usr/X11R6/lib/ and it includes the libX11.so.6 and libX11.so.6.2 files.

    So what's the problem? and what should I do??
    Many thanks....
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    Try this as root and then see if it compiles:
    Code:
    cd /usr/X11R6/lib
ln -s libX11.so.6 libX11.so
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