[SOLVED] Generic error while rebuilding Lazarus IDE on Linux Mint
lazarus / 32-Linux

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JD · 2018-01-25 11:27

Hi there everyone,

I just tried to rebuild my Lazarus IDE on Linux Mint and I cannot do
it because the compiler gives me the following error

Code: [Select]Build IDE: Exit code 512, Errors: 1
lazarus.pp(161,1) Error: Error while linking

Any ideas how I can fix this problem?

Thanks for your assistance,

JD

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marcov · 2018-01-25 11:48

Install whatever library is missing, that should be visible in the
lines above those lines, usually something like

ld: library not found for -lxxx

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JD · 2018-01-25 11:52

Quote from: marcov on January 25, 2018, 12:48:40 pmInstall whatever
library is missing, that should be visible in the lines above those
lines, usually something like

ld: library not found for -lxxx

Sorry but that is all I have from the compiler. See screenshot

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balazsszekely · 2018-01-25 12:01

See point 3 from here:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/BGRA_Installation_on_Linux . You
may not need all those libraries, but usually installing them fix the
linking error.

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marcov · 2018-01-25 12:15

Right click on the messages and configure your filters, retry

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JD · 2018-01-25 13:49

Quote from: marcov on January 25, 2018, 01:15:45 pmRight click on the
messages and configure your filters, retry

Great trick marcov! I did it and it gave me a message saying
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lGL

I then went to the link suggested by GetMem, searched for the GL text
on the page, found it and installed just the following via the
terminal
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev and it solved the problem. 

I explained the steps in case any other person has the same problem.

Many thanks, marcov & GetMem,

JD