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sethradio

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[SOLVED] LibX11 problem

HI,
I'm trying to compile and install a program from source but I keep getting this error:

/usr/bin/ld: obj/linux/system.o: undefined reference to symbol 'XQueryKeymap'
/usr/bin/ld: note: 'XQueryKeymap' is defined in DSO /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 so try adding it to the linker command line
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Is their any way to fix this. I'm on x86_64.

Last edited by sethradio (2013-01-25 05:28:12)

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Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] LibX11 problem

Yes, as the message instructs, add it to the linker line (or compiler).  For example:

gcc -o program source.c -lX11

What are you trying to compile?  Doesn't it come with a Makefile?  And did you check the AUR for it?

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sethradio

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Re: [SOLVED] LibX11 problem

Yeah, it's in the AUR, but not the latest version. Compiling the AUR package has the same problem. I fixed it by editing the makefile, and adding to the linker command line: -lX11 and -ldl. On other distros that isn't needed for some reason.

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brebs

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Re: [SOLVED] LibX11 problem

On other distros that isn't needed

They probably don't have --as-needed as default in CFLAGS.