Newbie request - compiling with Xlib.h

[Erik Trulsson]

On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 08:10:58PM -0200, Henry Lenzi wrote:
> On 12/17/06, Dan Nelson <dnelson at allantgroup.com> wrote:
> >In the last episode (Dec 17), Henry Lenzi said:
> >> I'm trying to follow the following tutorial for Xlib prpogramming:
> >>
> >> 
> >http://users.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/tutorials/xlib-programming/xlib-programming.html#preface
> >>
> >> However, I can't seem to compile the simple-drawing.c example. I keep
> >> getting
> >>
> >>
> >> >cc simple-drawing.c  -o simple-drawing -L/usr/X11/lib -lX11
> >> simple-drawing.c:7:22: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory
> >
> >Note that X is in /usr/X11R6, not /usr/X11, so your link option shoudl
> >read -L/usr/X11R6/lib.
> >
> >You need -I/usr/X11R6/include as well.  -I is for headers and is used
> >during the compile step, -L is for libraries and is used during the
> >link step.  Your commandline is a direct source-to-executable command,
> >so it requires both.
> >
> Hi
> 
> It didn't work. X is installed, and libX is in place.
> 
> >gcc simple-drawing.c -o simple-drawing -L/usr/X11R6/lib -l/usr/X11R6/include
                                                           ^^

Wrong options letter.  You should use '-I' (upper case 'i'), not '-l' (lower
case 'L')

> simple-drawing.c:7:22: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory
> simple-drawing.c:23: error: syntax error before "create_simple_window"
> simple-drawing.c:23: error: syntax error before '*' token
> (...)
> 


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