Ld Library Not Found For Lssl Mac Mysql

aneuryzma wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to compile some sources and I get the following error message:
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link g++ -g -O2 -o pursuit_monitor Monitor.o MonitorParameters.o RGBcolor.o ../../pursuitbase/pursuitbase/libConnection.la ../../pursuitbase/pursuitbase/libGenericValues.la -lpthread -lnsl -lglut -lXi -lGLU -lGL
g++ -g -O2 -o pursuit_monitor Monitor.o MonitorParameters.o RGBcolor.o -Wl,-bind atload ../../pursuitbase/pursuitbase/.libs/libConnection.a ../../pursuitbase/pursuitbase/.libs/libGenericValues.a -lpthread -lnsl -lglut -lXi -lGLU -lGL
ld: library not found for -lnsl
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: * [pursuit_monitor] Error 1
make[2]: * [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: * [all] Error 2
make: * [all-recursive] Error 1
What's lnsl library ?
Is something I can remove from makefile configuration ?

The parameter '-lnsl' is a a lower-case 'L' (which describes a library to be searched) followed by the suffix of the name of the library, 'nsl'. The effect is to tell 'ld' to look for a library named 'libnsl.a' or 'libnsl.dylib'. The 'ld' command normally searches for ibraries in the directories /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib . If the 'libnsl' library is in neither of these, addition search directories can be added with the '-L' parameter.
You might try that command with the '-lnsl' parameter removed. If nothing else, it would give you a clue as to what routines were needed from the 'nsl' library, which could help you resolve the problem.