How do I specify in my makefile that I want to link with the libtiff library. Just specifying -ltiff in LDFLAGS is not working.
How do I specify in my makefile that I want to link with the
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How do I specify in my makefile that I want to link with the libtiff library. Just specifying -ltiff in LDFLAGS is not working.
Either you can use the -L flag (see either manual for the compiler – I am assuming that you are using gcc or g++
or
Set the environment variable
LD_LIBRARY_PATHto include the path for the libraryBut you should also consider static or dynamic linking. The documentation for both compilers are very good to explain how to do either.