[Solved]"cannot find -lGL" error

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Hello All,

This is my first first here. I am basically a Java and python programmer. I know C++ but today I decided to learn to use Qt to make GUI in C++.

I have installed QtCreator and QT Libraries using online installer on fedora 16.

I want to make a simple GUI at first. I dragged a button and a label on the form and on click the button it would show Hello world on the label.

But when I build the project it shows an error "cannot find -lGL"

@17:27:16: Running steps for project HelloWorld...
17:27:16: Configuration unchanged, skipping qmake step.
17:27:16: Starting: "/usr/bin/make"
g++ -Wl,-rpath,/opt/Qt/5.1.0/gcc_64 -Wl,-rpath,/opt/Qt/5.1.0/gcc_64/lib -o HelloWorld main.o mainwindow.o moc_mainwindow.o -L/opt/Qt//5.1.0/gcc_64/lib -lQt5Widgets -lQt5Gui -lQt5Core -lGL -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lGL
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [HelloWorld] Error 1
17:27:16: The process "/usr/bin/make" exited with code 2.
Error while building/deploying project HelloWorld (kit: Desktop Qt 5.1.0 GCC 64bit)
When executing step 'Make'
17:27:16: Elapsed time: 00:00.@

The above is the compiler output I get. Please help and guide me how to solve it.

Thank you,
Sincerely,
Psycho_Coder

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Looks like you need to install the development libraries of OpenGL.

I've never used Fedora. Maybe sudo apt-get install libgl-dev will do the trick.

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[quote author="Skyrpex" date="1377605874"]Looks like you need to install the development libraries of OpenGL.

I've never used Fedora. Maybe sudo apt-get install libgl-dev will do the trick.[/quote]
Well I used Ubuntu earlier. But now I use fedora, actually its been 4 days since I booted fedora.
I am at present downloading some OpenGL libraries but I don't know if they will work.

Do you know any particular package for fedora I mean equivalent package.

SGaist

Hi,
IIRC something like

@yum install mesa-libGL-devel@

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[quote author="SGaist" date="1377616658"]Hi,
IIRC something like

@yum install mesa-libGL-devel@[/quote]

Thanks a lot I did that and now its working fine.

[quote author="Skyrpex" date="1377605874"]Looks like you need to install the development libraries of OpenGL.

I've never used Fedora. Maybe sudo apt-get install libgl-dev will do the trick.[/quote]

Thank you for your reply as this worked fine.

SGaist

You're welcome !

Don't forget to update the thread's title prepending solved so other forum users will know a solution has been found :)

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[quote author="SGaist" date="1377620428"]You're welcome !

Don't forget to update the thread's title prepending solved so other forum users will know a solution has been found :)[/quote]

I have did it. Thanks. Actually I am not new to forum system. I have to many forums and I am active in some forums. But those are mybb and SimpleMachines or phpBB forums and whenever a thread is solved a moderator marks it as solved. So I thought that there must be some kind of system like that.

However from now I will do as you said.