Linking the kstat library error

Question

Hi so I have been trying to link the kstat library on a solaris server for a project for class. to do this i have put this at the beginning of the header that will use it

#ifdef HAVE_KSTAT
#include <kstat.h>
#endif

and my make file looks like

CC=gcc
#CC=gcc -Wall

mysh: sh.o Funcs.o mp3.o get_path.o part3.o main.c 
    $(CC) -g -pthread -lkstat main.c sh.o Funcs.o mp3.o get_path.o part3.o -o mysh  

Funcs.o: Funcs.h Funcs.c
    $(CC) -g -c Funcs.c

mp3.o: mp3.h mp3.c
    $(CC) -g -c mp3.c

sh.o: sh.c sh.h 
    $(CC) -g -c -pthread -DHAVE_KSTAT sh.c 

get_path.o: get_path.c get_path.h
    $(CC) -g -c get_path.c

clean:
    rm -rf sh.o get_path.o mysh Funcs.o part3.o

sh.o being the parent file that includes part3.o which is the file using kstat. However i get the error

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lkstat
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

and also

part3.h:8:19: fatal error: kstat.h: No such file or directory

 #include <kstat.h>
                   ^
compilation terminated.
make: *** [sh.o] Error 1

what have i done wrong, how do i properly link the kstat library. I tried making part3.o its own object for creation within the make file and linking kstat in that one but it gave me the error missing separator.

Answer 1

You have to find the files of this library (e.g. kstat.a or kstat.so) and its headers. Then pass the paths to headers and the lib with -I and -L respectively.

For example: $CC -I /usr/include/kstat -L /usr/lib/kstat files -lkstat