Hello World: Error

Julien Cristau jcristau at debian.org
Mon Apr 23 14:10:44 PDT 2012


On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 13:55:34 -0700, Jerrold Clint Balansi wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to make a Hello World program from code from this site:
> http://www.paulgriffiths.net/program/c/srcs/helloxsrc.html
> 
> However, when I try to compile and run it I get this error. Can some give
> me a hint. Thank you.
> 
> [root at vizwall Desktop]# gcc -o HelloX HelloX.c
> > /tmp/ccMGGmGj.o: In function `main':
> > HelloX.c:(.text+0x42): undefined reference to `XAllocSizeHints'

You need to link with -lX11.

Cheers,
Julien



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