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How do I make tcc search for libraries in /usr/lib?

On my Raspberry PI computer I have compiled the tcc compiler from source (in /usr/local/src). When I link with a library in /usr/lib, tcc cannot find it so I need to add -L/usr/lib to the tcc command. How do I configure and make tcc to include /usr/lib in its library path?

pi@raspberrypi /usr/local/src/tcc-0.9.26 $ tcc -vv
tcc version 0.9.26 (ARM Hard Float Linux)
install: /usr/local/lib/tcc/
crt:
  /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf
libraries:
  /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf
  /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf
  /usr/local/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf
include:
  /usr/local/include
  /usr/local/include/arm-linux-gnueabihf
  /usr/include
  /usr/include/arm-linux-gnueabihf
  /usr/local/lib/tcc/include
elfinterp:
  /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3
Solution

  • It turns out that we need to use the libpaths option and also specify the default library directories (output from tcc -vv). We can also add the standard directories /lib and /usr/local/lib:

    # ./configure --libpaths=/usr/local/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf:/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf:/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf:/usr/local/lib:/lib:/usr/lib