undefined reference to `SOIL_load_OGL_texture'?

Question

I am don't know why this keeps saying:

undefined reference to "SOIL_load_OGL_texture

This is the code:

GLuint loadtex( const char* texname )
{
    GLuint texture = SOIL_load_OGL_texture(
                                              texname,
                                              SOIL_LOAD_AUTO,
                                              SOIL_CREATE_NEW_ID,
                                              SOIL_FLAG_MIPMAPS | SOIL_FLAG_INVERT_Y | SOIL_FLAG_NTSC_SAFE_RGB | SOIL_FLAG_COMPRESS_TO_DXT
                                              );
    glBindTexture( GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture );
    glTexParameteri( GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR );
    glTexParameteri( GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR );
    return texture;
}

I have

#include <SOIL.h>

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 29 '13 at 09:58

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It turns out you have to link libSOIL before linking libopengl32. So, for example:
g++ -g source.cpp -lglu32 -lSOIL -lopengl32 -lfreeglut will work, but leaving libSOIL last will result in the error above.

answered Dec 29 '13 at 09:58

Random Dude

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Austin Stephens · Answer 2 · 2014-02-06T23:24:37.700

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Look in "Simple OpenGL Image Library/projects/makefile", then create a directory there called "obj". Now run "make" from commandline where the makefile is and then "make install". That should install the library and header file. Try compiling now; it worked for me. If you receive any errors about libm, just add "-lm" to your linking options.

edited Feb 06 '14 at 23:24

answered Feb 06 '14 at 23:17

Austin Stephens

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I did that, but even then do I have to specify linker and include options ? – bad_keypoints Oct 09 '15 at 10:12

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 05 '13 at 22:22

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undefined reference mean that you need link soil library to your application. There are different ways to do it, it depends on platform and compiler that you used. On Linux you need add something like -lsoil to linker flags.

answered Jul 05 '13 at 22:22

fghj

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 05 '13 at 23:11

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you have to link against the SOIL library:

g++ -o output your-source.cpp -lSOIL

SOIL has to be in caps

answered Jul 05 '13 at 23:11

hetepeperfan

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undefined reference to `SOIL_load_OGL_texture'?

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