On 27 February 2012 23:18, rebelstar wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to build a piece of code on 64 bit linux machine gcc ( ++ > compiler ) on eclipse IDE > > In the linking stage,it throws an error > > Invoking: GCC C++ Linker > g++ -L/home/a0133140/bcpmodel/bcptest/ -o"test" ./main.o ./wrapper.o > -lmylib64 > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmylib64 > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > I have included the library in the workfolder and tried giving full path > name,absolute path etc..no success.. > ( The name of the library is mylib64.a) -lmylib64 makes the linker look for libmylib64.so or libmylib64.a, so your library has the wrong name.