C Programming Language :: How to link libxml when compiling?


	How to link libxml when compiling? I have this error message when compiling mx_init.c by linking libxml library as follow: gcc `xml2-config --cflags` -c mx_init.c `xml2-config --libs` -g -Wall gcc: -lxml2: linker input file unused because linking not done gcc: -lz: linker input file unused because linking not done gcc: -lpthread: linker input file unused because linking not done gcc: -lm: linker input file unused because linking not done How can I fix this error? Thank you in advance. Jimin Lee In article <1180379776.086110.307@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, geoplab <geop@gmail.com> wrote: >I have this error message when compiling mx_init.c by linking libxml >library as follow: >gcc `xml2-config --cflags` -c mx_init.c `xml2-config --libs` -g -Wall >gcc: -lxml2: linker input file unused because linking not done >gcc: -lz: linker input file unused because linking not done >gcc: -lpthread: linker input file unused because linking not done >gcc: -lm: linker input file unused because linking not done >How can I fix this error? gcc and libraries are not really on topic in comp.lang.c, which deals with the C language rather than with the specifics of any implementation. <OT> Read the output. The libraries were not used because linking was not done. Why was linking not done? Because you told it not to link. $ man gcc -c Compile or assemble the source files, but do not link. The link- ing stage simply is not done. -- I was very young in those days, but I was also rather dim. -- Christopher Priest geoplab wrote: > I have this error message when compiling mx_init.c by linking libxml > library as follow: > gcc `xml2-config --cflags` -c mx_init.c `xml2-config --libs` -g -Wall > gcc: -lxml2: linker input file unused because linking not done > gcc: -lz: linker input file unused because linking not done > gcc: -lpthread: linker input file unused because linking not done > gcc: -lm: linker input file unused because linking not done > How can I fix this error? This is compiler-specific, so really doesn't belong in comp.lang.c. A gcc newsgroup or mailing list might have been a better choice. An even better choice is to check your documentation, where you would find that the "-c" flag tells the compiler not to link or produce an executable. Since it refuses to do what you told it not to do, there is no error. Here's a hint: when an application does what you tell it to, and you don't like the result, then you probably told it the wrong thing to do. > Thank you in advance. Bite me. geoplab wrote: > I have this error message when compiling mx_init.c by linking libxml > library as follow: > gcc `xml2-config --cflags` -c mx_init.c `xml2-config --libs` -g -Wall ... snip ... > How can I fix this error? The -c parameter says to compile to object file only, do not link. -- <http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt> <http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/423> <http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html> <http://kadaitcha.cx/vista/dogsbreakfast/index.html> cbfalconer at maineline dot net -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com