== Quote from Jonathan M Davis (jmdavisp...@gmx.com)'s article > On Wednesday, March 02, 2011 13:52:29 Sean Eskapp wrote: > > I'm trying to work with D on Ubuntu, but I keep having this issue: > > > > ... > > function func > > function func > > gcc Nullimorphism.o -o Nullimorphism.exe -g -m32 -l -Xlinker > > -L/usr/bin/../lib32 -Xlinker - L/usr/bin/../lib64 -Xlinker > > --no-warn-search-mismatch -Xlinker --export-dynamic -lrt - lphobos2 > > -lpthread -lm > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l-Xlinker > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lphobos2 > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > --- errorlevel 1 > > make[1]: *** [all] Error 1 > > ... > > > > I downloaded the DMD v2.052 ZIP from the download page, extracted the > > linux/bin folder into /usr/bin, the linux/lib64 folder into /usr/lib64, > > and the src folder into /usr/src. Can somebody please help? > 1. I never bother installing the zip anywhere. If you just unzip it and add > /path/to/unzipped/dmd2/linux/bin to your path, then you should be fine. I don't > see any real reason to actual try and install dmd into your system folders > (though you obviously can if you want to). > 2. Assuming that you _do_ move files around, you need to adjust your dmd.conf so > that it points to the appropriate places. > 3. If you just moved files around, then you might not _have_ a dmd.conf, and > you're doubly screwed. > Take a look at the documentation page for dmd on linux: > http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/dmd-linux.html > It's slightly out of date, since with the last release, 64-bit support was > added, and the 32-bit version of libphobos.a is in > /path/to/unzipped/dmd2/linux/lib32 and the 64-bit version is in > /path/to/unzipped/dmd2/linux/lib64, but the instructions should be correct > otherwise. > You need to make sure that dmd is on your path and that a version of dmd.conf > which points to the place where libphobos2.a is is in one of the places that dmd > looks for dmd.conf (as described on that page). Also, make sure that you're > using a dmd.conf based on the most recent version, or you could be missing > necessary linker flags. > - Jonathan M Davis
Hmm my dmd.conf seems fine, but since the .deb has been updated, I can just use that. Thanks!