[Gpsbabel-misc] GCC doesn't recognize "-lexpat" when compiling GPSBabel 1.3.3

[KWTm <kwt...@ta...>]

Robert:

Thank you for informing me that I should proceed further with attempting to 
get GPSBabel 1.3.3 working.

Since the v1.3.3 RPM did not work, I tried the v1.3.2 Deb on the newest Feisty 
Ubuntu, without success (it depended on a newer libusb).  So, I decided to 
compile it from source.

After "./configure" and "make", everything seemed to compile to object files 
okay.  But when it tried to link, it stopped with an error:

gcc     main.o globals.o [... insert about four dozen other filenames 
here ...] transform.o  -lm  -lexpat  -o gpsbabel

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lexpat
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [gpsbabel] Error 1

It appears to me that "-lexpat" is actually a command-line option, but for 
some reason gcc doesn't recognize it as such, and is trying to treat it as a 
filename.  However, neither the man page nor Googling reveals what this 
option does and how I can get around it.  I'm using gcc 4.0.3.

Is my interpretation correct?  What does the "-lexpat" option do, and what 
happens if I edit the makefile to leave it out?

On Tuesday 22 May 2007 11:16 pm, Robert Lipe wrote:
> > Hi, all.  Have question; unable to search archives (clicking on
> > "Archives" on mailing list web page results in "no archive specified" 
message).
>
> Works for me.  Can you provide a specific URL, please?

Certainly.  From this page:
http://www.gpsbabel.org/lists.html

I go to this page:
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=gpsbabel-misc

which says: ERROR / No Forum Chosen 

Is that the link which you say works for you, or are you using a different 
link?

Thanks. 


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