Where do I get the sockets library.

purcellmd · 11-23-2009, 06:32 PM

I am new to linux.
I just installed fedora (11) for the first time.
I brought over a C program from a unix system and tried to compile it.
I received the error:
cannot find -lsocket.

I used 'find' and it was not there.
Is the socket library under a different name in linux?
Or do I need to download libraries from some where?
I I down load is 'yum' the correct tool?

I search several Q/A on the web, but none seemed to answer my question

exvor · 11-23-2009, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Try `make clean` and run `./configure` again. If that doesn't work, edit the Makefile and remove '-lsocket' wherever you see it.

Found this when searching for your error on google.

purcellmd · 11-24-2009, 10:33 PM

Thanks for the response.

Removing 'lsocket' worked. This indicates the socket library is included with another library.

anil_4m · 11-25-2009, 02:54 AM

use grep command
eg
go in directory $cd /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-3-486/include/linux
now $grep search_filename(socket) *.h