usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l

Question

I\'m trying to compile my program and it returns this error :

usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l

in my makefile I use the c

Answer 1

I encountered the same error message.

I built the cmocka as a so and tried to link it to my executable. But ld always complains below:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcmocka

It turns out that there are 3 files generated after cmocka is built:

1. libcmocka.so
2. libcmocka.so.0
3. libcmocka.so.0.7.0

1 and 2 are symbol links and only 3 is the real file.

I only copied the 1 to my library folder, where ld failed to find the 3.

After I copied all 3, ld works.