Re: [Bluez-users] bluez-utils-2.14 compile error: make returns "cannot find -lbluetooth"

Marcel Holtmann
2005-01-19T12:01:51Z

Hi,

> I'm using Yoper with a 2.6.8.1-3 kernel. I downloaded bluez-libs and
> bluez-utils, both 2.14. Did the following:
> (in /home/blabla/bluez-libs-2.14)
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/bluez
> make
> (did a su)
> make install
> (so far so good)
> (now to /home/blabla/bluez-utils-2.14)
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/bluez
> make
> (now things go crappy, read below the final lines of the output)
>
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/bluez/include
> -I/usr/local/bluez/include -Wall -O2 -c `test -f 'hcisecfilter.c' ||
> echo './'`hcisecfilter.c
> gcc -I/usr/local/bluez/include -I/usr/local/bluez/include -Wall -O2
> -o hcisecfilter hcisecfilter.o -lbluetooth
> /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.1/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lbluetooth
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[2]: *** [hcisecfilter] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/blabla/bluez-utils-2.14/tools'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/blabla/bluez-utils-2.14'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> *blabla stands for a long and awkward branch of the directory tree; I
> found it to be annoying, so I replaced it;

you need to install bluez-libs first and make sure bluez-utils can find
it.

Regards

Marcel