/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lglfw3 collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

[Rahul04789]

Hi All,

I compiled an OpenGL (.cpp) programme and I got the following error:

compilation: # g++ ex1.cpp -o ex1 -lGLEW -lglfw3 -lGL -lX11 -lXi -lXrandr -lXxf86vm -lXinerama -lXcursor -lrt -lm -pthread -ldl -std=c++11

error:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lglfw3
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

I have already installed libglew-dev package.

Regards,

[steeldriver]

What about libglfw3-dev ?

[Rahul04789]

Yes libglfw3-dev is also installed.

[halogen2]

I had a similar problem compiling software, and the issue was that I was doing a static build which needed libraries that weren't available in .a format.

Could something like this be happening to you?

Also, does directly running ld (adding your own custom ld flags) give any insight? -

ld -lglfw3 --verbose