LD_LIBRARY_PATH doesn't seem to work

Question

I\'m trying to compile a test file:

gcc -o test  test.c -lg2c

but I get the error:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lg2c

Answer 1

Try setting LIBRARY_PATH, instead of LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

From the gcc man page:

LIBRARY_PATH

The value of LIBRARY_PATH is a colon-separated list of directories, much like PATH. When configured as a native compiler, GCC tries the directories thus specified when searching for special linker files, if it can't find them using GCC_EXEC_PREFIX. Linking using GCC also uses these directories when searching for ordinary libraries for the -l option (but directories specified with -L come first).