Unclear Error Link to heading

• -l is like an alias for lib, for example: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXmu: No such file or directory.
• Actual missing file : libXmu.so
• Solution: sudo apt-get install libxmu-dev
• reference: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/506866/what-should-i-install-to-correct-ld-cannot-find-lgbm-and-linput-so-that-i-c

Compiling Libraries Link to heading

• If library is not available in your package manager, need to source from internet, download and compile.
• After running make, the executable .so file usually goes into the lib folder from the path where it is compiled.

Run Executable with library: Link to heading

error while loading shared libraries: libGLEW.so.1.10: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Solution Link to heading

LD_PRELOAD=/home/user/Downloads/glew-1.10.0/lib/libGLEW.so.1.10 ./program-to-run

OR

1. copy compiled library to /usr/local/lib
2. sudo cp glew-1.10.0/lib/libGLEW.so.1.10 /usr/local/lib
3. Run sudo ldconfig after

Search for installed library: Link to heading

ldconfig -p | grep libpthread.so.0