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I am writing a C program which uses libext2fs:

#include <ext2fs/ext2fs.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
{ 
    char *fsname = argv[1];
    errcode_t err;
    ext2_filsys fs;

    err= ext2fs_open(fsname, 0, 0, 0, unix_io_manager, &fs);

When I compile the program I get following errors:

$ gcc -lext2fs fstest.c -o fstest
/tmp/ccXCSICx.o: In function `main':
openfs.c:(.text+0x1e): undefined reference to `unix_io_manager'
openfs.c:(.text+0x43): undefined reference to `ext2fs_open'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

System:

  • Ubuntu 12.10
  • gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-2ubuntu1) 4.7.2
  • e2fsprogs, e2fslibs, e2fslibs-dev: 1.42.5-1ubuntu2
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  • Smells like you are missing some libraries on the link line. And the provided program won't even compile, BTW. Commented Mar 12, 2014 at 14:15
  • enedil@archlinux ~ % cat fstest.c #include <ext2fs/ext2fs.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char *fsname = argv[1]; errcode_t err; ext2_filsys fs; err= ext2fs_open(fsname, 0, 0, 0, unix_io_manager, &fs); return 0; } enedil@archlinux ~ % gcc -lext2fs fstest.c -o fstest enedil@archlinux ~ % ./fstest [1] 1545 segmentation fault (core dumped) ./fstest You're missing some libraries. Do you have build-essential installed? Commented Mar 12, 2014 at 14:30
  • I have to wait for 8 hours before I can answer my own question, because of newbie restrictions. Will do when the waiting period is over. Commented Mar 12, 2014 at 15:08

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Got the solution in the e2fsprogs sourceforge forums. I had to put -lext2fs to the end of the line:

gcc fstest.c -o fstest -lext2fs

With this command it compiles now.

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