GCC Linker cannot locate library - c

Question

I'm trying to compile the PCRE library into a testing executable.
The documentation states that running Make and then configure should generate the library.
In the PCRE source directory:
Make
./configure
gcc -o test test.c -L . -lpcre
However the following error returns:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -pcre
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Note: I've also tried flag -libpcre. I was able to sucessfully run this on MacOS (seperately compiled but same library source code and same testiing source code).
Directory Contents:
132html pcre16_globals.c
aclocal.m4 pcre16_jit_compile.c
AUTHORS pcre16_maketables.c
ChangeLog pcre16_newline.c
CheckMan pcre16_ord2utf16.c
CleanTxt pcre16_printint.c
cmake pcre16_refcount.c
CMakeLists.txt pcre16_string_utils.c
compile pcre16_study.c
config-cmake.h.in pcre16_tables.c
config.guess pcre16_ucd.c
config.h pcre16_utf16_utils.c
config.h.generic pcre16_valid_utf16.c
config.h.in pcre16_version.c
config.log pcre16_xclass.c
config.status pcre32_byte_order.c
config.sub pcre32_chartables.c
configure pcre32_compile.c
configure.ac pcre32_config.c
COPYING pcre32_dfa_exec.c
depcomp pcre32_exec.c
Detrail pcre32_fullinfo.c
dftables.c pcre32_get.c
doc pcre32_globals.c
HACKING pcre32_jit_compile.c
INSTALL pcre32_maketables.c
install-sh pcre32_newline.c
libpcre16.pc pcre32_ord2utf32.c
libpcre16.pc.in pcre32_printint.c
libpcre32.pc pcre32_refcount.c
libpcre32.pc.in pcre32_string_utils.c
libpcrecpp.la pcre32_study.c
libpcrecpp_la-pcrecpp.lo pcre32_tables.c
libpcrecpp_la-pcrecpp.o pcre32_ucd.c
libpcrecpp_la-pcre_scanner.lo pcre32_utf32_utils.c
libpcrecpp_la-pcre_scanner.o pcre32_valid_utf32.c
libpcrecpp_la-pcre_stringpiece.lo pcre32_version.c
libpcrecpp_la-pcre_stringpiece.o pcre32_xclass.c
libpcrecpp.pc pcre_byte_order.c
libpcrecpp.pc.in pcre_chartables.c
libpcre.la pcre_chartables.c.dist
libpcre_la-pcre_byte_order.lo pcre_compile.c
libpcre_la-pcre_byte_order.o pcre-config
libpcre_la-pcre_chartables.lo pcre_config.c
libpcre_la-pcre_chartables.o pcre-config.in
libpcre_la-pcre_compile.lo pcrecpparg.h
libpcre_la-pcre_compile.o pcrecpparg.h.in
libpcre_la-pcre_config.lo pcrecpp.cc
libpcre_la-pcre_config.o pcrecpp.h
libpcre_la-pcre_dfa_exec.lo pcrecpp_internal.h
libpcre_la-pcre_dfa_exec.o pcrecpp_unittest
libpcre_la-pcre_exec.lo pcrecpp_unittest.cc
libpcre_la-pcre_exec.o pcrecpp_unittest-pcrecpp_unittest.o
libpcre_la-pcre_fullinfo.lo pcredemo
libpcre_la-pcre_fullinfo.o pcredemo.c
libpcre_la-pcre_get.lo pcre_dfa_exec.c
libpcre_la-pcre_get.o pcre_exec.c
libpcre_la-pcre_globals.lo pcre_fullinfo.c
libpcre_la-pcre_globals.o pcre_get.c
libpcre_la-pcre_jit_compile.lo pcregexp.pas
libpcre_la-pcre_jit_compile.o pcre_globals.c
libpcre_la-pcre_maketables.lo pcregrep
libpcre_la-pcre_maketables.o pcregrep.c
libpcre_la-pcre_newline.lo pcregrep-pcregrep.o
libpcre_la-pcre_newline.o pcre.h
libpcre_la-pcre_ord2utf8.lo pcre.h.generic
libpcre_la-pcre_ord2utf8.o pcre.h.in
libpcre_la-pcre_refcount.lo pcre_internal.h
libpcre_la-pcre_refcount.o pcre_jit_compile.c
libpcre_la-pcre_string_utils.lo pcre_jit_test.c
libpcre_la-pcre_string_utils.o pcre_maketables.c
libpcre_la-pcre_study.lo pcre_newline.c
libpcre_la-pcre_study.o pcre_ord2utf8.c
libpcre_la-pcre_tables.lo pcreposix.c
libpcre_la-pcre_tables.o pcreposix.h
libpcre_la-pcre_ucd.lo pcre_printint.c
libpcre_la-pcre_ucd.o pcre_refcount.c
libpcre_la-pcre_valid_utf8.lo pcre_scanner.cc
libpcre_la-pcre_valid_utf8.o pcre_scanner.h
libpcre_la-pcre_version.lo pcre_scanner_unittest
libpcre_la-pcre_version.o pcre_scanner_unittest.cc
libpcre_la-pcre_xclass.lo pcre_scanner_unittest-pcre_scanner_unittest.o
libpcre_la-pcre_xclass.o pcre_stringpiece.cc
libpcre.pc pcre_stringpiece.h
libpcre.pc.in pcre_stringpiece.h.in
libpcreposix.la pcre_stringpiece_unittest
libpcreposix_la-pcreposix.lo pcre_stringpiece_unittest.cc
libpcreposix_la-pcreposix.o pcre_stringpiece_unittest-pcre_stringpiece_unittest.o
libpcreposix.pc pcre_string_utils.c
libpcreposix.pc.in pcre_study.c
libtool pcre_tables.c
LICENCE pcretest
ltmain.sh pcre_test.c
m4 pcretest.c
Makefile pcretest-pcre_printint.o
Makefile.am pcretest-pcretest.o
Makefile.in pcre_ucd.c
makevp.bat pcre_valid_utf8.c
makevp_c.txt pcre_version.c
makevp_l.txt pcre_xclass.c
missing perltest.pl
NEWS PrepareRelease
NON-AUTOTOOLS-BUILD README
NON-UNIX-USE RunGrepTest
pcre16_byte_order.c RunTest
pcre16_chartables.c RunTest.bat
pcre16_compile.c sljit
pcre16_config.c stamp-h1
pcre16_dfa_exec.c test.c
pcre16_exec.c testdata
pcre16_fullinfo.c ucp.h
pcre16_get.c

Answer 1

Try -lpcre not -libpcre when you link. -l assumes the lib prefix and takes the name of the lib so -lpcre looks for libpcre