I see very often this error message when I try to compile programs in
slackware 12:

/usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.1.2/../../../../i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld:
cannot find -lgd
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Error during linking

I have searched on the internet, but I didn't find any solution.

On 2007-07-14, Robert <robi@news.net> wrote:
> I see very often this error message when I try to compile programs in
> slackware 12:
>
> /usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.1.2/../../../../i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lgd
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> Error during linking

Did you install the GD library? That's what -lgd is looking for.

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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, Robert wrote:

>
> I see very often this error message when I try to compile programs in
> slackware 12:
>
> /usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.1.2/../../../../i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lgd
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> Error during linking

What type of programs?


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Robert wrote :

> I see very often this error message when I try to compile programs in
> slackware 12:

Name one of the programs.
>
> cannot find -lgd

Did you do a full install? It looks like your missing this package:
/slackware/l/gd-2.0.35-i486-2.tgz
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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:50:54 +0200
Thomas Overgaard <thover@post2.tele.dk> wrote:

>
> Robert wrote :
>
> > I see very often this error message when I try to compile programs
> > in slackware 12:
>
> Name one of the programs.
> >
> > cannot find -lgd
>
> Did you do a full install? It looks like your missing this package:
> /slackware/l/gd-2.0.35-i486-2.tgz

I can't remember now all of those programs, the last was mldonkey.
The package gd-2.0.35-i486-2 is installed.

/var/log/packages/gd-2.0.35-i486-2

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:50:54 +0200
Thomas Overgaard <thover@post2.tele.dk> wrote:

>
> Robert wrote :
>
> > I see very often this error message when I try to compile programs
> > in slackware 12:
>
> Name one of the programs.

mldonkey-2.8.7

Robert wrote :

> I can't remember now all of those programs, the last was mldonkey.
>
And you couldn't come up with an example that didn't require some kind of
obscure programming language? Anyway I gave mldonkey a try and 'make' ran
fine without producing the errors you see.

> /var/log/packages/gd-2.0.35-i486-2

Maybe that package has somehow been corrupted, download the package from
another server and reinstall.
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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:53:23 +0200
Thomas Overgaard <thover@post2.tele.dk> wrote:

> Maybe that package has somehow been corrupted, download the package
> from another server and reinstall.

It didn't help. But I have tried with ./configure --disable-gd and now
the error is:

/usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.1.2/../../../../i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld:
cannot find -lmagic
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Error during linking

Robert wrote :

> cannot find -lmagic

Not good. Does this command produce any output:
'/sbin/ldconfig -p | grep libMagic'
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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:09:31 +0200
Thomas Overgaard <thover@post2.tele.dk> wrote:

>
> Robert wrote :
>
> > cannot find -lmagic
>
> Not good. Does this command produce any output:
> '/sbin/ldconfig -p | grep libMagic'

Yes, this:
libMagick.so.10 (libc6) => /usr/lib/libMagick.so.10
libMagick.so (libc6) => /usr/lib/libMagick.so
libMagick++.so.10 (libc6) => /usr/lib/libMagick++.so.10
libMagick++.so (libc6) => /usr/lib/libMagick++.so