Public bug reported:
Seen on 11.10
$ dpkg -L libx11-dev | grep ".so$"
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so
However, libx11-dev does not install a /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so
(even though it installs /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6)
Even though libx11-dev is installed, the linker can't find it:
$ gcc -m32 -lX11 blah.c # Error "cannot find -lX11"
** Affects: libx11 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
- dpkg -L libx11-dev | grep ".so$" shows /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
- gnu/libX11.so, but no 32bit equivalent (even though libX11.so.6 is
- installed in /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu)
+ Seen on 11.10
- gcc -m32 -lX11 blah.c # Error "cannot find -lX11" even though we have
+ $ dpkg -L libx11-dev | grep ".so$"
+ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so
+
+ However, there is no /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so (even though
+ there is a /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6)
+
+ $ gcc -m32 -lX11 blah.c # Error "cannot find -lX11" even though we have
installed libx11-dev
** Description changed:
Seen on 11.10
$ dpkg -L libx11-dev | grep ".so$"
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so
- However, there is no /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so (even though
- there is a /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6)
+ However, libx11-dev does not install a /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so
+ (even though it installs /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6)
- $ gcc -m32 -lX11 blah.c # Error "cannot find -lX11" even though we have
- installed libx11-dev
+ Even though libx11-dev is installed, the linker can't find it:
+ $ gcc -m32 -lX11 blah.c # Error "cannot find -lX11"
** Summary changed:
- libx11-dev does not include /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so
+ libx11-dev does not provide /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so
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Title:
libx11-dev does not provide /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so
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