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  • S sude

    @JonB I can not understand, there is no ld folder.

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    @sude said in :-1: error: collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld':

    @JonB I can not understand, there is no ld folder.

    @JonB said in :-1: error: collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld':

    @sude
    In a terminal what does which ld report?

    You just had to run that command and show its output.
    Anyway if as @Christian-Ehrlicher says you don't have the necessary package installed then that is what you need to address.

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      @sude said in :-1: error: collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld':

      @JonB I can not understand, there is no ld folder.

      @JonB said in :-1: error: collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld':

      @sude
      In a terminal what does which ld report?

      You just had to run that command and show its output.
      Anyway if as @Christian-Ehrlicher says you don't have the necessary package installed then that is what you need to address.

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      @JonB I installed but still there is an error.

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      • S sude

        @JonB I installed but still there is an error.

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        @sude said in :-1: error: collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld':

        I installed but still there is an error.

        @JonB said in :-1: error: collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld':

        @sude
        In a terminal what does 'which ld' report?

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        • S sude

          @JonB I installed but still there is an error.

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          @sude
          After you have run the which ld and reported its output.

          You have not said what OS you are running on, which would help for this question. Assuming you are Ubuntu or something which works similarly, please run this command:

          locate --regex '/ld$'
          

          and show us its output.

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            @sude
            After you have run the which ld and reported its output.

            You have not said what OS you are running on, which would help for this question. Assuming you are Ubuntu or something which works similarly, please run this command:

            locate --regex '/ld$'
            

            and show us its output.

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            @JonB I have rasbian but i can't see anyting about it as you can see.
            e82a652f-d3be-4b96-ad29-318dede8c854-image.png

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            • S sude

              @JonB I have rasbian but i can't see anyting about it as you can see.
              e82a652f-d3be-4b96-ad29-318dede8c854-image.png

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              @sude said in :-1: error: collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld':

              I have rasbian but i can't see anyting about it as you can see.

              Maybe a silly question, but did you install build essential package?

              sudo apt install -y build-essential
              

              It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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              • KroMignonK KroMignon

                @sude said in :-1: error: collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld':

                I have rasbian but i can't see anyting about it as you can see.

                Maybe a silly question, but did you install build essential package?

                sudo apt install -y build-essential
                
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                @KroMignon Yes i did :(
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                • S sude

                  @KroMignon Yes i did :(
                  b8e0b3bf-62e9-44fe-bcde-5d6e15f9bfb8-image.png

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                  @sude Just to be sure to understand what's going wrong: do you using your RaspberryPI to build or do you build a PC?

                  Is Qt Creator running on RaspberryPI or on PC?

                  It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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                  • KroMignonK KroMignon

                    @sude Just to be sure to understand what's going wrong: do you using your RaspberryPI to build or do you build a PC?

                    Is Qt Creator running on RaspberryPI or on PC?

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                    @KroMignon It is rasbian and i am using raspberry pi 3 and i use qt creator in raspberry.

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                    • S sude

                      @KroMignon It is rasbian and i am using raspberry pi 3 and i use qt creator in raspberry.

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                      @sude
                      Since your RPi does not have the locate command I suggested earlier, now try:

                      find / -name ld -print 2>/dev/null
                      

                      and show the output (better if you copy & paste the command run plus the output as text than show screen shots).

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                        @sude
                        Since your RPi does not have the locate command I suggested earlier, now try:

                        find / -name ld -print 2>/dev/null
                        

                        and show the output (better if you copy & paste the command run plus the output as text than show screen shots).

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                        @JonB

                        pi@raspberrypi:~ $ which ld
                        pi@raspberrypi:~ $ find / -name ld -print 2>/dev/null
                        /usr/bin/ld
                        /usr/lib/compat-ld/ld
                        /usr/lib/gold-ld/ld
                        /usr/share/doc/binutils/ld
                        pi@raspberrypi:~ $

                        My terminal output is like that.

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                        • S sude

                          @JonB

                          pi@raspberrypi:~ $ which ld
                          pi@raspberrypi:~ $ find / -name ld -print 2>/dev/null
                          /usr/bin/ld
                          /usr/lib/compat-ld/ld
                          /usr/lib/gold-ld/ld
                          /usr/share/doc/binutils/ld
                          pi@raspberrypi:~ $

                          My terminal output is like that.

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                          @sude
                          OK, hold on, that is strange.

                          which ld shows no ld executable on your PATH.

                          But the find shows /usr/bin/ld. That should be both executable and on your PATH.

                          • Output from ls -l /usr/bin/ld?
                          • Output from echo $PATH?
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                            @sude
                            OK, hold on, that is strange.

                            which ld shows no ld executable on your PATH.

                            But the find shows /usr/bin/ld. That should be both executable and on your PATH.

                            • Output from ls -l /usr/bin/ld?
                            • Output from echo $PATH?
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                            @JonB
                            pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/ld
                            toplam 0

                            It is zero how can i echo :(

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                              @JonB
                              pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/ld
                              toplam 0

                              It is zero how can i echo :(

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                              @sude

                              pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/ld
                              toplam 0
                              

                              I don't understand. The output should look something like mine under Ubuntu:

                              ls -l /usr/bin/ld
                              lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Oct 20 12:09 /usr/bin/ld -> x86_64-linux-gnu-ld
                              

                              Since it's a soft link on mine and may be on yours, now try:

                              ls -lL /usr/bin/ld
                              -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1740384 Oct 20 12:09 /usr/bin/ld
                              

                              on yours, please?

                              It is zero how can i echo :(

                              What is zero? On mine:

                              echo $PATH
                              /home/jon/.local/bin:/home/jon/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
                              
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                              • S sude

                                @JonB
                                pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/ld
                                toplam 0

                                It is zero how can i echo :(

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                                @sude said in :-1: error: collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld':

                                pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/ld
                                toplam 0

                                Ah, hang on, that is indeed what you get if /usr/bin/ls is an (empty) directory:

                                mkdir empty
                                ls -l empty
                                total 0
                                

                                Maybe toplam means total in your language?!

                                OK, that is indeed strange. /usr/bin/ld should be, or be a soft link to, an executable file, not a directory!

                                Go back to the find command. Assuming RPi find accepts -ls, try:

                                find / -name ld -ls 2>/dev/null
                                

                                If not try:

                                ls -ld `find / -name ld -print 2>/dev/null`
                                

                                Note those two ` ("backtick") characters, you will have to find that on your keyboard.

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                                  @sude said in :-1: error: collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld':

                                  pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/ld
                                  toplam 0

                                  Ah, hang on, that is indeed what you get if /usr/bin/ls is an (empty) directory:

                                  mkdir empty
                                  ls -l empty
                                  total 0
                                  

                                  Maybe toplam means total in your language?!

                                  OK, that is indeed strange. /usr/bin/ld should be, or be a soft link to, an executable file, not a directory!

                                  Go back to the find command. Assuming RPi find accepts -ls, try:

                                  find / -name ld -ls 2>/dev/null
                                  

                                  If not try:

                                  ls -ld `find / -name ld -print 2>/dev/null`
                                  

                                  Note those two ` ("backtick") characters, you will have to find that on your keyboard.

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                                  @JonB
                                  pi@raspberrypi:~ $ find / -name ld -ls 2>/dev/null
                                  300053 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Şub 6 2020 /usr/lib/compat-ld/ld -> ../../bin/ld.bfd
                                  300055 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Şub 6 2020 /usr/lib/gold-ld/ld -> ../../bin/ld.gold
                                  299210 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 5 2021 /usr/share/doc/binutils/ld
                                  pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -ld find / -name ld -print 2>/dev/null
                                  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Şub 6 2020 /usr/lib/compat-ld/ld -> ../../bin/ld.bfd
                                  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Şub 6 2020 /usr/lib/gold-ld/ld -> ../../bin/ld.gold
                                  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 5 2021 /usr/share/doc/binutils/ld
                                  pi@raspberrypi:~ $

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                                    @JonB
                                    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ find / -name ld -ls 2>/dev/null
                                    300053 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Şub 6 2020 /usr/lib/compat-ld/ld -> ../../bin/ld.bfd
                                    300055 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Şub 6 2020 /usr/lib/gold-ld/ld -> ../../bin/ld.gold
                                    299210 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 5 2021 /usr/share/doc/binutils/ld
                                    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -ld find / -name ld -print 2>/dev/null
                                    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Şub 6 2020 /usr/lib/compat-ld/ld -> ../../bin/ld.bfd
                                    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Şub 6 2020 /usr/lib/gold-ld/ld -> ../../bin/ld.gold
                                    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 5 2021 /usr/share/doc/binutils/ld
                                    pi@raspberrypi:~ $

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                                    @sude
                                    Well, again I don't understand/am surprised at your output.

                                    Earlier your showed 4 matches for ld, including /usr/bin/ld. Now you show only 3 matches, not including /usr/bin/ld. I don't know why....

                                    Last try:

                                    • ls -ld /usr/bin/ld ?
                                    • ls -lLd /usr/bin/ld?

                                    Assuming those show it's a directory, or even that it does not exist, it does not look to me as though your RPi has ld installed/properly installed. Earlier you said sudo apt install -y build-essential was reporting "installed", but it doesn't feel right to me. Maybe you should try uninstall and reinstall, I don't know. I believe that until which ld returns an executable file path (e.g. /usr/bin/ld) you are in a bad state. But I know nothing about RPi....

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                                      @sude
                                      Well, again I don't understand/am surprised at your output.

                                      Earlier your showed 4 matches for ld, including /usr/bin/ld. Now you show only 3 matches, not including /usr/bin/ld. I don't know why....

                                      Last try:

                                      • ls -ld /usr/bin/ld ?
                                      • ls -lLd /usr/bin/ld?

                                      Assuming those show it's a directory, or even that it does not exist, it does not look to me as though your RPi has ld installed/properly installed. Earlier you said sudo apt install -y build-essential was reporting "installed", but it doesn't feel right to me. Maybe you should try uninstall and reinstall, I don't know. I believe that until which ld returns an executable file path (e.g. /usr/bin/ld) you are in a bad state. But I know nothing about RPi....

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                                      @JonB Thank you for your help but it cant be solved. :(

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                                        Hi,

                                        In that case you should maybe go with the nuclear option and restart from a clean installation on your RPi. As written by @JonB, if having installed build-essential does not give you all the tools, then there's likely something wrong with your system.

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                                          Hi,

                                          In that case you should maybe go with the nuclear option and restart from a clean installation on your RPi. As written by @JonB, if having installed build-essential does not give you all the tools, then there's likely something wrong with your system.

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                                          @SGaist I tried it too but it didnt work. I dont know what i do wrong.

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