collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

[qtnewbie123]

I have latest qt to a ubuntu system.I am taking this error collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
in build issues and this in compile output

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfreetype
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [test] Error 1
make: Leaving directory `/home/joe/QtProjects/test'
Exited with code 2.
Error while building project test
When executing build step 'Make'


any help to fix that problem i can't run qt in linux....please help me

[lyuts]

What library paths did you specify?

[auba]

... and is freetype (or freetype-dev) installed at all?

[qtnewbie123]

I have download this:

http://www.qtsoftware.com/downloads/sdk-linux-x11-32bit-cpp

and i installed it in ubuntu 9.04.I did just a simple install.At first i had a problem with g++ so i did
sudo apt-get install g++

Now i have this problem
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

In an other box i have installed the windows version which compiling correct

What should i fix??

[qtnewbie123]

I fixed the problem:D

I had more errors like:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfreetype ---> libfreetype from synaptic package manager

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lSM ---> libsm

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext ----> libxext

The solution for the other newbies like me who have the same problems is to install from synaptic package manager the correct libs.

[Lykurg]

sudo apt-get install build-essential
is always a good start...

[rickrvo]

What if the error is cannot find -lssl and ssl package is installed? and on /usr/lib there is a libssl.a ; libssl.so ; libssl.so.0.9.8 and libssl3.so

The .so files only libssl3.so doesn't have the shortcut arrow on the icon.

same thing happened to -ljpeg... and I have libjpeg installed too.

What could be wrong?

[stampede]

Development libraries / packages are often marked as libwhatever-dev, so maybe try to install libjpeg-dev, or something like that.

[rickrvo]

Development libraries / packages are often marked as libwhatever-dev, so maybe try to install libjpeg-dev, or something like that.

It is already installed... every libjpeg or libssl related package is installed... except for libjpeg62-dev as libjpeg8-dev is installed... but I also tried with 62 and still same error...

[stampede]

Can you post the compilation command ? Make sure that you specify correct path for the linker with -L"path to lib" switch