resolving _MAIN error 1

[ArmenD]

anyone know how I can resolve this error

[armen@localhost abedi]$ g77 test.f -o test2 -Ijapi

/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.3/libfrtbegin.a(frtbegin.o)(.text+0x35): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `MAIN__'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

 

[xwb]

Try -l (lowercase L) instead of -I (uppercase i)

 

[ArmenD]

good point. but it still appears that "ld" cant find the package that i downloaded.

i am getting this error...
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ljapi
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

"ld" appears to be a binary file, so i am not sure what to do next?

 

[ArmenD]

so any ideas as to what this _main error may be from?

./lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/../../../libfrtbegin.a(frtbegin.o.b)(.text+0x3a): undefined reference to
MAIN__'

 

[xwb]

You need to tell it where to find libjapi.a with a -L followed by the directory

Say libjapi.a lives in /home/japi/lib. Your compile line will look like

g77 test.f -o test2 -L/home/japi/lib -ljapi

Your main__ error seems to imply that there are two programs. Check your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Make sure that the libraries are in the correct order.

 

[ArmenD]

the strange this is that I stripped all the JAPI code and I am still getting the undefined main error.

you see, the code without JAPI compiles fine, but when i try the -o option to create the executable, I get that error.

 

[xwb]

If you try it without the -o, the executable will be called a.out. Does that work?

Just a guess - try dropping the space between the -o and test2.