gcc - undefined reference to `libusb_init' - c

I'm trying to compile a piece of code which uses libusb:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <libusb-1.0/libusb.h>
#include <assert.h>
int main(void) {
libusb_context *context = NULL;
int rc = 0;
rc = libusb_init(&context);
assert(rc == 0);
libusb_exit(context);
return 0;
}
Upon compiling with gcc -lusb -lusb-1.0 sample.c -o sample the following errors emerge:
/tmp/ccr65JBT.o: In function `main':
sample.c:(.text+0x2e): undefined reference to `libusb_init'
sample.c:(.text+0x62): undefined reference to `libusb_exit'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
To make sure libusb is availible on my system:
raven#enforcer:~/sample$ pkg-config --libs libusb-1.0
-lusb-1.0
raven#enforcer:~/sample$ pkg-config --libs libusb
-lusb
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 with gcc 7.3.0-16ubuntu3, how to fix?

Got it working by appending the flags after the .c: gcc sample.c -o sample -lusb -lusb-1.0
Autotools: sample_LDADD instead of sample_LDFLAGS
Thanks to Felix Palmen.

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When I make a shared library, a error occur

I made a shared library as the follow:
gcc -c output.c
gcc -shared -fPIC -o liboutput.so output.o
When output.c is the follow, it could work.
//#include "output.h"
#include <stdio.h>
int output(const char* st) {
return 1+2;
}
But, when output.c changed as the follow, a error occur.
//#include "output.h"
#include <stdio.h>
int output(const char* st) {
printf("%s\n", st);
return 1+2;
}
This is error message:
/usr/bin/ld: output.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined 符号 `puts##GLIBC_2.2.5' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: 最后的链结失败: 错误的值
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
I want to know why and how to deal it. Thanks in advance.
You need to compile output.c as position independent code.
gcc -c -fPIC output.c
In the first version you have not called any library function. But in second one printf is being called. In general, compile all sources with -fPIC if you intend to build a shared library later.

libcheck test fails to link

I'm trying to build a simple example using libcheck but it fails to build while using the flags reported by pkg-config.
My file: tests/test.c
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <check.h>
START_TEST(zero)
{
int z = 0;
ck_assert_int_eq(0, z);
}
END_TEST
Suite* suite_zero(void)
{
Suite* s;
TCase* tc;
s = suite_create("suite_zero");
tc = tcase_create("zero");
tcase_add_test(tc, zero);
suite_add_tcase(s, tc);
return s;
}
int main(void)
{
int number_failed;
SRunner* sr;
Suite* s_zero = suite_zero();
sr = srunner_create(s_zero);
srunner_run_all(sr, CK_NORMAL);
number_failed = srunner_ntests_failed(sr);
srunner_free(sr);
return (number_failed == 0) ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
}
My system:
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04 LTS"
$ gcc --version
gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) 5.4.0 20160609
$ pkg-config --version
0.29.1
When I try to build my test using the flags and libs reported by pkg-config:
$ pkg-config --cflags --libs check
-pthread -lcheck_pic -pthread -lrt -lm -lsubunit
$ gcc -pthread -lcheck_pic -pthread -lrt -lm -lsubunit -g tests/test.c -o tests/zero
/tmp/ccRV2kLw.o: In function `zero':
Code/tests/test.c:4: undefined reference to `tcase_fn_start'
/Code/tests/test.c:7: undefined reference to `_mark_point'
/Code/tests/test.c:7: undefined reference to `_ck_assert_failed'
/tmp/ccRV2kLw.o: In function `suite_zero':
/Code/tests/test.c:15: undefined reference to `suite_create'
/Code/tests/test.c:16: undefined reference to `tcase_create'
/Code/tests/test.c:17: undefined reference to `_tcase_add_test'
/Code/tests/test.c:19: undefined reference to `suite_add_tcase'
/tmp/ccRV2kLw.o: In function `main':
/Code/tests/test.c:30: undefined reference to `srunner_create'
/Code/tests/test.c:32: undefined reference to `srunner_run_all'
/Code/tests/test.c:33: undefined reference to `srunner_ntests_failed'
/Code/tests/test.c:34: undefined reference to `srunner_free'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Libcheck was installed by apt and the library and headers are in the typical locations, /usr/lib and /usr/include respectively. Yet it appears it can't be found. I'm a bit stumped as why. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Try adding the flags reported by pkg-config after the compilation command as this answer and the documentation for pkg-config suggests. The compiler needs to know what file it's trying to link the library to beforehand so that the flags can be applied appropriately.
gcc -g test.c -o test -pthread -lcheck_pic -pthread -lrt -lm -lsubunit
or more succinctly
gcc -g test.c -o test `pkg-config --cflags --libs check`

Undefined references in GSL

I'm trying to link gsl in a small c program.
#include "stdlib.h"
#include "stdio.h"
#include "gsl/gsl_block_float.h"
#include "gsl/gsl_matrix_float.h"
int main(void)
{
gsl_matrix_float* m = gsl_matrix_float_alloc(2, 2);
gsl_matrix_float_fprintf(stdout, m, "%f");
}
I'm compiling with gcc -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm program.c. I've tried gcc $(pkg-config --cflags gsl) $(pkg-config --libs gsl) program.c as well, along with gsl-config. In every case, gcc returns
/tmp/cc1wKgXm.o: In function `main':
program.c:(.text+0x13): undefined reference to `gsl_matrix_float_alloc'
program.c:(.text+0x32): undefined reference to `gsl_matrix_float_fprintf'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
objdump --syms /usr/lib/libgsl.so | grep gsl_matrix_float returns the proper symbols, as does grepping my headers. Everything is in /usr/lib or /usr/include What am I doing wrong?
I got this from the ubuntu forums. The order of the arguments togcc might be the issue
gcc -o program program.c `gsl-config --cflags --libs`

Compiles in clang but not gcc?

I made a library, and I'm trying to make a test client for it to test my Debian packages. This test is being done on Ubuntu 14.04.
I installed the binary and the developer files and their dependencies.
Here's the source for my test program:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <cquel.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
cq_init(1024, 128);
struct dbconn mydb = cq_new_connection(u8"pattstest.delwink.com", u8"patts",
u8"patts", u8"pattsdb");
struct dlist *users;
int rc = cq_select_all(mydb, u8"User", &users, u8"");
if (rc)
return 2;
for (size_t i = 0; i < users->fieldc; ++i)
printf("%s\n", users->fieldnames[i]);
cq_free_dlist(users);
return 0;
}
The program is supposed to connect to a test server and get the column headers from the database (no, that server is not production and does not need to be particularly secure).
I attempted to compile using gcc:
$ gcc -Wall `pkg-config --cflags --libs cquel` `mysql_config --cflags --libs` -std=c11 main.c
/tmp/ccjd21kP.o: In function `main':
/home/mac/c/main.c:6: undefined reference to `cq_init'
/home/mac/c/main.c:8: undefined reference to `cq_new_connection'
/home/mac/c/main.c:12: undefined reference to `cq_select_all'
/home/mac/c/main.c:19: undefined reference to `cq_free_dlist'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
I knew something was up, so I attempted the same with clang:
$ clang -Wall `pkg-config --cflags --libs cquel` `mysql_config --cflags --libs` -std=c11 main.c
Clang compiled just fine! I ran my a.out binary, and it printed the column headers as expected.
Why did gcc fail to link to my library?
EDIT: I thought to check my LD_LIBRARY_PATH to find that it was blank. However, setting it to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu (which is the location of my shared object) did not change the behavior of gcc.
Order of arguments matter a lot for gcc; you should use
gcc -Wall $(pkg-config --cflags cquel) $(mysql_config --cflags) \
-std=c11 main.c \
$(pkg-config --libs cquel) $(mysql_config --libs)
See also this & that.

Issues linking against gstreamer libraries ubuntu 11.10

So I am starting a project that is going to make use of the gstreamer libraries. I am running the test project from the gstreamer documentation and am getting the following error.This program worked properly on archlinux but is erroring out on ubuntu
gcc `pkg-config --cflags --libs gstreamer-0.10` main.c -o player
/tmp/cciFhGCe.o: In function `main':
main.c:(.text+0x1e): undefined reference to `gst_init'
main.c:(.text+0x36): undefined reference to `gst_version'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [player] Error 1
My code is the following which I got from the gstreamer documentation
#include <stdio.h>
#include <gst/gst.h>
int
main (int argc,
char *argv[])
{
const gchar *nano_str;
guint major, minor, micro, nano;
gst_init (&argc, &argv);
gst_version (&major, &minor, &micro, &nano);
if (nano == 1)
nano_str = "(CVS)";
else if (nano == 2)
nano_str = "(Prerelease)";
else
nano_str = "";
printf ("This program is linked against GStreamer %d.%d.%d %s\n",
major, minor, micro, nano_str);
return 0;
}
and the command I am using to compile is
gcc `pkg-config --cflags --libs gstreamer-0.10` main.c -o player
and the output of pkg-config
-pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gstreamer-0.10 -I/usr/include/libxml2 -pthread -lgstreamer-0.10 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lxml2 -lgthread-2.0 -lrt -lglib-2.0
So thanks to the great guys on freenode #gstreamer
In unbuntu's version of gcc some changes were made to the ordering of pkg-config statements.
gcc `pkg-config gstreamer-0.10 --cflags` main.c -o player.out `pkg-config gstreamer-0.10 --libs`
Using this format fixed it.

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