Ubuntu
mesa package

[gutsy] libGL.a missing - linking fails

Bug #133200 reported by Christian Vogler
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mesa (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Gutsy x86_64, as of August 17, 2007. OpenGL programs no longer link, due to

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lGL
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

/usr/lib contains libGL.so, libGLU.a, libGLU.so, etc, but no libGL.a. The libgl1-mesa-dev package no longer seems to contain libGL.a. Do I need to install another package to provide it, or is it plain missing from the current version of libgl1-mesa-dev?

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Hmm, according to this, libgl1-mesa-dev does not provide libGL.a:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?searchmode=filelist&word=libgl1-mesa-dev&version=feisty&arch=all

Searching for libGL.a on packages.ubuntu.com shows that it is provided by the libgl1-mesa-swx11-dev package only. Perhaps you could try (re-)installing that?

By chance have you installed/uninstalled fglrx? It's been known to mess up mesa libs.

Bryce

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Christian Vogler (christian-vogler) wrote :

Sorry about the late response; I was out of town.

I can no longer reproduce the problem, despite the missing libGL.a. Apparently, libGL.so is sufficient, and it could have been a simple ldconfig problem that cleared up at the next reboot. For what it is worth, I am using envy with the NVidia driver version 100.14.11. So, I guess we can just close the bug, and sorry about jumping the gun.

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

Ok, marking as invalid. Thanks!

Changed in mesa:
status: New → Invalid
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