Compiling C code with libraries
 

Hello,
I'm pretty new to C programming on Linux. For my first program on my system, I have installed 2 libraries libusb abd libftdi. Both libraries are located under: /usr/local/lib/
This direcotry contains:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 104 Sep 27 2003 netscape
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35353 Sep 16 14:01 libusb-0.1.4.4.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 16 14:01 libusb-0.1.4 -> libusb-0.1.4.4.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 16 14:01 libusb -> libusb-0.1.4.4.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 18 08:32 libusb.so -> libusb-0.1.so.4.3.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 710 Sep 18 08:32 libusb.la
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30816 Sep 18 08:32 libusb.a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 32252 Sep 18 08:32 libusb-0.1.so.4.3.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 18 08:32 libusb-0.1.so.4 -> libusb-0.1.so.4.3.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13814 Sep 18 12:03 libftdi.so.0.3.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 700 Sep 18 12:03 libftdi.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 18 12:03 libftdi.so.0 -> libftdi.so.0.3.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 18 12:03 libftdi.so -> libftdi.so.0.3.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8118 Sep 18 12:03 libftdi.a

In my program I use both libraries.
To compile, I use the following command: gcc -lftdi -lusb -o test test.c -L/usr/local/lib
The program compiles fine.

When I execute the program, I get the following error:
./test: error while loading shared libraries: libftdi.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I checked the this object exists as well as its properties and it all looks right to me.

Any idea why would I get this error and how can I resolve it?

Thank you in advance,
OG.

Try searching the forums for "problems with gcj" I know that is the gcc-java compiler but maybe Komakino's suggestion about creating a symlink will help you.

Seemed to be a problem with Suse 9.1, don't know what distro you're using though.

Not the greatest advice, but hope that helps,
Dave

Thanks, I'll look into it.
Actually, I'm using Suse 8.0,
uname -a gives: Linux linux 2.4.18-4GB #1 Mon Aug 16 15:22:55 UTC 2004 i686 unknown

Thanks again,
Ronen.

That's odd.

I had no problems with gcc or gcj when I was running 8.2, why not try and get an update? Although thats a little extreme to fix a small prob ;o)

Dave.

Finally... I found the solution... :)
I had to read "shared libraries - HOWTO" and run ldconfig on the new library that I installed (although it looks like it was properly installed).
That solved it!! No more issues. The code runs with no errors anymore (for now ;) ).

Thanks for the help so far,
OG.