How to compile using libmosquitto

Question

Iam trying to compile the code example available on the libmosquitto website (at the bottom): http://mosquitto.org/man/libmosquitto-3.html

Iam using Ubuntu 12.04 and

Answer 1

You have to put the -lmosquitto at the end (after the source files).

gcc mosquito.c -lmosquitto -o mosquito
# or
gcc mosquito.c -o mosquito -lmosquitto
# or
gcc -o mosquito mosquito.c -lmosquitto

Or better:

gcc -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -o mosquito mosquito.c -lmosquitto