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mariner
mariner

Reputation: 930

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcrypto while trying to link

gcc -o clxd -m64 -L/usr/local/lib64 -L/usr/lib64 -L/usr/lib64/nptl -Wl,-rpath,/home/y/lib64 -ldl -lrt -lpthread -lstdc++ -lgcc -lc -lm -lev -L/home/y/lib64 -Wl,-Bstatic -lboost_program_options -lboost_date_time -lboost_filesystem -lboost_regex -lboost_system -lboost_thread -llua -lcrypto -Wl,-Bdynamic -L/usr/lib

The above command is from a make file while executing make using V=1 (verbose) to understand if I have passed on directories properly or not. And it exits with the following error:

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

My understanding from the gcc command, -Bstatic tries to statically link lib crypto (-lcrypto). When I checked under /usr/lib64, I have the following files:

libcrypto.so -> libcrypto.so.1.0.1e
libcrypto.so.10 -> libcrypto.so.1.0.1e
libcrypto.so.1.0.1e

Does -Bstatic link the shared files statically or not? If not how do I get libcrypto.a?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 8972

Answers (1)

Laion Camargo
Laion Camargo

Reputation: 153

I solved this on Linux/Macosx by installing libssl-dev.

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

Upvotes: 6

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