usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l＜nameOfTheLibrary＞

Refrence

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16710047/usr-bin-ld-cannot-find-lnameofthelibrary

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Q:

I’m trying to compile my program and it returns this error :

usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l<nameOfTheLibrary>

in my makefile I use the command g++ and link to my library which is a symbolic link to my library located on an other directory.

Is there an option to add to make it work please?

A:

If your library name is say libxyz.so and it is located on path say:

/home/user/myDir

then to link it to your program:

g++ -L/home/user/myDir -lxyz myprog.cpp -o myprog