[freespace2] strange compile error

Sami skheikki at cc.hut.fi
Sun Nov 24 11:34:04 EST 2002


> >
> > /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.:

I checked, it is there, I ran ldconfig and it still gives the same error. my libSDL is version 1.2.4
Strange. How can I check, if the linker knows the libraries or not?


-Sami



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