In the same linker tab, select "Extra library paths" and add "/lib".

-----Original Message-----
From: Reza Salehi [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com] 
Sent: May-20-11 1:59 PM
To: general-ide
Subject: How to link .a lib in momentics? - Newbie question

Hi all,

I have a simple question:  How to link a static lib(.a) in Momentics?  I
built liballeg.a on my VM X86 target which is running Nutrino 6.5.  I
have created a QNX project using my Momentics SDP 6.5.  I am trying to
link the liballeg.a to hello world program that I am writing to draw a
circle. 

In Momentics IDE, I added alleg to the
projects->properties->linker->extralibraries, but I still  keep getting
the following error:
C:/QNX650/target/qnx6/x86/lib -L C:/QNX650/target/qnx6/x86/usr/lib
-Wl,--rpath-link . -Wl,--rpath-link C:/QNX650/target/qnx6/x86/lib
-Wl,--rpath-link C:/QNX650/target/qnx6/x86/usr/lib    -lgf    -limg
-Bstatic    -lalleg    -Bdynamic   -g     
C:\QNX650\host\win32\x86\usr\bin\ntox86-ld: cannot find -lalleg
cc: C:/QNX650/host/win32/x86/usr/bin/ntox86-ld caught signal 1

I do have liballeg.a installed in /lib directory of my target!

I would appreciate if anyone can help me with question.

Regards,

Reza.



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General
http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post86017

Hi Andy,

Thanks for the quick reply.  However, when you said /lib, do you mean on the host system or the target system?  I think 
the Extra Library Path is pointing to the host system - am I correct.  If so, can I do the following:

1.  Build my library (.a) on the target system.
2.  Copy the library to somewhere on the host system disk.
3.  Add an Extra Library Path entry to point to number #2 above.
4.  Add the .h file for the library to the project in the IDE.
5. Compile and build.

Thanks,

Reza.