Re: gplc libraries not found

I read the manual again, it says

-L OPTION	Pass OPTION to the linker 

so my final attempt tonight would be along the lines of:

~/wrk/prolog/gprolog-1.5.0/examples/ExamplesPl$ gplc -v --fast-math --min-bips -o boyer boyer.pl -L "-L /usr/lib64"  -L "-lbips_fd"

It's no concidence that gplc uses -L but I wonder if it means literally, hence trying the arguments in quoted strings.

Try that, I am off to bed... I'll check my emails.... if it comes to it, I could try to install the same libraries and set it up and have a try





> On 28 Apr 2022, at 22:43, Louis LSJ Krüger <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Verbose output:
> 
> ~/wrk/prolog/gprolog-1.5.0/examples/ExamplesPl$ gplc -v --fast-math --min-bips -o boyer boyer.pl -L /usr/lib64 -L libbips_fd.a
> Prolog compiler (GNU Prolog) 1.5.0
> Copyright (C) 1999-2022 Daniel Diaz
> 
> GNU Prolog comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software; see the source or the file
> named COPYING for copying conditions.
> 
> Path used: /usr
> 
> *** Compiling
> 
> --- file: boyer.pl
> pl2wam --fast-math -o /tmp/gplcdlrUXb.wam boyer.pl
> wam2ma -o /tmp/gplcgwIELd.ma /tmp/gplcdlrUXb.wam
> delete /tmp/gplcdlrUXb.wam
> ma2asm -o /tmp/gplcjHZozf.s /tmp/gplcgwIELd.ma
> delete /tmp/gplcgwIELd.ma
> as --64 -o /tmp/gplcmSg9mh.o /tmp/gplcjHZozf.s
> delete /tmp/gplcjHZozf.s
> 
> *** Linking
> 
> cannot locate file libbips_fd.a
> deleting temporary files before exit
> delete /tmp/gplcmSg9mh.o
> delete /tmp/gplcmSg9mh.o
> 
> 
> How is this set/changed: "Path used: /usr"
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Louis.
> On 28/04/2022 23:20, Sean Charles (emacstheviking) wrote:
>> try:
>> 
>> /usr/doc/gprolog-1.5.0/examples/ExamplesPl$ gplc --fast-math --min-bips -o boyer boyer.pl -L /usr/lib64/libbips
>> 
>> or:
>> 
>> /usr/doc/gprolog-1.5.0/examples/ExamplesPl$ gplc --fast-math --min-bips -o boyer boyer.pl -L /usr/lib64/libbips
>> 
>> /usr/doc/gprolog-1.5.0/examples/ExamplesPl$ gplc --fast-math --min-bips -o boyer boyer.pl -L /usr/lib64 -L -lbips
>> 
>> I smell success with the second one... you are very close I think... keep tweaking!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 28 Apr 2022, at 22:17, Louis LSJ Krüger <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I tried:
>>> 
>>> /usr/doc/gprolog-1.5.0/examples/ExamplesPl$ gplc --fast-math --min-bips -o boyer boyer.pl -L /usr/lib64
>>> 
>>> and
>>> 
>>> /usr/doc/gprolog-1.5.0/examples/ExamplesPl$ gplc --fast-math --min-bips -o boyer boyer.pl -L /usr/lib64/
>>> 
>>> and it still complains:
>>> "cannot locate file libbips_fd.a"
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The contents of that directory:
>>> 
>>> ls -l /usr/lib64/libbi*.a 
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  422490 Apr 26 20:34 /usr/lib64/libbips_fd.a 
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1756350 Apr 26 20:34 /usr/lib64/libbips_pl.a
>>> 
>>> Regards.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Louis
>>> On 28/04/2022 19:16, Sean Charles (emacstheviking) wrote:
>>>> Try here:
>>>> http://www.gprolog.org/manual/html_node/gprolog009.html <http://www.gprolog.org/manual/html_node/gprolog009.html>
>>>> 
>>>> section 4.4.3 using the compiler, Linker Options
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> gplc --fast-math --min-bips -o boyer boyer.pl -L /path/to/lib
>>>> 
>>>> It's been a while but I think I linked SDL2 like that, actually, here's a link to the code:
>>>> 
>>>> https://github.com/emacstheviking/gnuprolog-libsdl2 <https://github.com/emacstheviking/gnuprolog-libsdl2>
>>>> 
>>>> Here's how I built my executable...
>>>>  gplc \
>>>> -C -I/Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/Headers \
>>>> -C -I/Library/Frameworks/SDL2_ttf.framework/Headers \
>>>> -C -I/Library/Frameworks/SDL2_mixer.framework/Headers \
>>>> -C -I/Library/Frameworks/SDL2_image.framework/Headers \
>>>> -L -framework SDL2 -L -framework SDL2_ttf -L -framework \
>>>> SDL2_image -L -framework SDL2_mixer -o sdltest \
>>>> sdl-ffi.pl sdl.pl sdl_lib.c sdl_thread.c sdl_ttf.c sdl_mixer.c
>>>> 
>>>> Hope that helps, GNU Prolog is a sweet little thing!
>>>> :D
>>>> Sean
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 28 Apr 2022, at 18:10, Louis LSJ Krüger <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I decided to try the examples that comes with the source, but I get stuck:
>>>>> 
>>>>> gplc --fast-math --min-bips -o boyer boyer.pl 
>>>>> cannot locate file libbips_fd.a
>>>>> 
>>>>> How do one ensure that the compiler find the libraries? I have them in /usr/lib64.  I can't find a setting to tell the compiler where to look.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Louis.
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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