[freespace2] strange compile error

[Timo --Blazko-- Boewing]

Sami wrote:

>
>
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lGL
>
> and error 1, it exists.
> I think that for some reason the linker doesn't find GL, but I'm
> pretty sure it's there. I have openal installed.

Just check if /usr/include/GL/ folder is there. If not, you must
install a GL library depending on your graphics card, i.e.:

- look if Matrox offers own accelerated GL bindings
- NVidia provides some
- use Mesa package for Mandrake, this is the generic open version

After installation,nthe libraries must be known to the linker, thus
running ldconfig as root may solve your problem.

>
> I use icewm and I don't have most of Gnome or kde installed. Could
> that be it?

Although i am using GNOME, your error shall not be related to GNOME or
KDE libs.
Another problem may be that SDL is directly used as a frontend to some
basic OpenGL functions. Ensure you have a most recent libSDL
installed. Version >1.2.0.

>
> Any ideas? Anybody else had the same problem?

Nope, but i hope this helps.

>
>
> -Sami
>

-- 
greetings,

Timo
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