Error with GLUT compile in ubuntu [duplicate]

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I try to compile some "hello world" glut application:

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <GL/gl.h>

#include <GL/glu.h>

#include <GL/glut.h>

GLint Width = 512, Height = 512;

const int CubeSize = 200;

void Display(void)
{
    int left, right, top, bottom;

    left  = (Width - CubeSize) / 2;
    right = left + CubeSize;
    bottom = (Height - CubeSize) / 2;
    top = bottom + CubeSize;

    glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 1);
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

    glColor3ub(255,0,0);
    glBegin(GL_QUADS);
      glVertex2f(left,bottom);
      glVertex2f(left,top);
      glVertex2f(right,top);
      glVertex2f(right,bottom);
    glEnd();

    glFinish();
}

void Reshape(GLint w, GLint h)
{
    Width = w;
    Height = h;
    glViewport(0, 0, w, h);

    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
    glLoadIdentity();
    glOrtho(0, w, 0, h, -1.0, 1.0);

    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
    glLoadIdentity();
}

void Keyboard(unsigned char key, int x, int y)
{
#define ESCAPE '\033'

    if( key == ESCAPE )
        exit(0);
}

main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    glutInit(&argc, argv);
    glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_RGB);
    glutInitWindowSize(Width, Height);
    glutCreateWindow("Red square example");

    glutDisplayFunc(Display);
    glutReshapeFunc(Reshape);
    glutKeyboardFunc(Keyboard);

    glutMainLoop();
}

The compile command is:

gcc -lGL -lGLU hw_opengl.cpp -o hw_opengl

I've got the following errors:

/tmp/ccbnBFHC.o: In function `Display()':
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x6c): undefined reference to `glClearColor'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x78): undefined reference to `glClear'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x94): undefined reference to `glColor3ub'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0xa0): undefined reference to `glBegin'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0xb4): undefined reference to `glVertex2f'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0xc8): undefined reference to `glVertex2f'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0xdc): undefined reference to `glVertex2f'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0xf0): undefined reference to `glVertex2f'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0xf5): undefined reference to `glEnd'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0xfa): undefined reference to `glFinish'
/tmp/ccbnBFHC.o: In function `Reshape(int, int)':
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x134): undefined reference to `glViewport'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x140): undefined reference to `glMatrixMode'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x145): undefined reference to `glLoadIdentity'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x173): undefined reference to `glOrtho'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x17f): undefined reference to `glMatrixMode'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x184): undefined reference to `glLoadIdentity'
/tmp/ccbnBFHC.o: In function `main':
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x1c1): undefined reference to `glutInit'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x1cd): undefined reference to `glutInitDisplayMode'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x1e4): undefined reference to `glutInitWindowSize'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x1f0): undefined reference to `glutCreateWindow'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x1fc): undefined reference to `glutDisplayFunc'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x208): undefined reference to `glutReshapeFunc'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x214): undefined reference to `glutKeyboardFunc'
hw_opengl.cpp:(.text+0x219): undefined reference to `glutMainLoop'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

I've install GLUT: sudo apt-get install freeglut3 freeglut3-dev

There are in /usr/lib: libglut.a
libglut.so
libglut.so.3
libglut.so.3.9.0

locate glu.h
/home/goran/QtSDK/QtSources/4.8.0/src/3rdparty/webkit/Source/ThirdParty/glu/internal_glu.h
/usr/include/GL/glu.h

/usr/include/GL/gl.h

locate gl.h
...
/usr/include/GL/gl.h

What do I do incorrectly?

Answer 1

The GCC linker may scan libraries in the order they are on the command line, which means for you it may scan the libraries first and sees no one using them, and therefore you get the errors. To be sure, place the libraries last on the command line:

gcc hw_opengl.cpp -o hw_opengl -lGL -lGLU -lglut

Answer 2

g++ filename.cpp -lGL -lglut -o exfilename

and then

./exfilename

Answer 3

It is because that xlibmesa-gl-dev and xlibmesa-glu-dev do not make soft link to file libGL.so and libGLU.so, so ld cannot find them to link with your code.

Answer 4

You're missing -lglut.

The correct compilation command is gcc -lGL -lglut -lGLU hw_opengl.cpp -o hw_opengl

Answer 5

Check whether you installed binutils-gold (Gold linker) or not if not, install it and if you've already that then remove it and try at terminal,

g++ sourcefile.cpp -lglut

Answer 6

g++ -lglut -lGLU -lGL helloWorld.cpp -o helloWorld

g++, not gcc, for cpp