undefined reference to YAML::LoadFile

Question

I\'m trying to use the new version of libyaml-cpp and having linker problems (undefined reference to \'YAML::LoadFile(std::basic_string

Answer 1

Support new yaml-cpp API.

find_package(PkgConfig)
pkg_check_modules(YAMLCPP REQUIRED yaml-cpp>=0.5)
include_directories(${YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS})

add_executable(name src/name.cpp)
target_link_libraries(name ${catkin_LIBRARIES}  ${YAMLCPP_LIBRARIES})

Answer 2

It's an ordering problem on the command-line. I guess I'll just never understand GCC command-line logic. Simply putting the library at the end seems to work:

g++ -L/usr/local/lib -I/usr/local/include -std=c++0x -o $@  $^ -lyaml-cpp

Answer 3

I have been struggling over this for the whole evening today. As I found no useful info anywhere in the internet, I post my results here:

Using OSX El Capitan with new versions of XCode (7.3) and CLang (Apple LLVM version 7.3.0 (clang-703.0.29) Using yaml-cpp 0.5.3

Things I did to make it work:

1. Obtain FindYamlCpp.cmake from the internet. Save it in /usr/local/share/cmake/Modules

2. Set CMakeFiles.txt to find Yaml-cpp

   # YAML with yaml-cpp
   SET(YAMLCPP_STATIC_LIBRARY TRUE)
   FIND_PACKAGE(YamlCpp)
   IF(YamlCpp_FOUND)
       MESSAGE("yaml-cpp Library FOUND: yaml-cpp related sources will be built.")
   ELSEIF(YamlCpp_FOUND)
       MESSAGE("yaml-cpp Library NOT FOUND!")
   ENDIF(YamlCpp_FOUND)
   

3. Add code to src/CmakeFiles.txt to use FindYamlCpp

       # Enable Yaml 
       IF(YAMLCPP_FOUND)
           ADD_EXECUTABLE(my_exec my_source.cpp)
       ENDIF(YAMLCPP_FOUND)
   

4. Using for example ccmake:

   1. set CMAKE_MODULE_PATH to /usr/local/share/cmake/Modules
   2. Set CMAKE_EXEC_LINKER_FLAGS to -lyaml-cpp

Answer 4

I fixed the issue by adjusting my CMakeList.txt

I had no issues building like stated above:

 g++ -L/usr/local/lib -I/usr/local/include -std=c++0x main.cpp -lyaml-cpp

But using cmake and building via CLion failed for me.

This CMakeList.txt fixed it for me (this is just a minimal stripped down Version, but it should give an idea). It assumes there is only one version of yaml-cpp installed on your system:

# Projekt Description / etc
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
project(yaml_cpp)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)

# Declaration of package required
find_package(PkgConfig)
pkg_check_modules(YAMLCPP REQUIRED yaml-cpp>=0.5)

# Define the executable and link the yaml libs
add_executable(yaml_cpp main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(yaml_cpp ${YAMLCPP_LIBRARIES})

This was the most minimalistic way of getting things to work. I was inspired by Sinaí Aranda above.

Answer 5

Do you have the old version of the library installed too? It's possible that gcc is looking for that version first, and doesn't consider the new one.