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/MyFolder/main.o:: In function 'main':

/MyFolder/main.cpp:7: error: undefined reference to 'gluPerspective'

:: error: collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Cause

IDE: Qt Creator 2.0.0

Project type: Qt4 Console Application

Selected required modules: QtCore

Compiler: G++ 4.4.1

The following source code was used:


#include <GL/glu.h>



int main()

{

  gluPerspective (0,0,0,0);

}

The following project file was used:


#-------------------------------------------------

#

# Project created by QtCreator 2010-09-13T09:39:02

#

#-------------------------------------------------

QT       += core

QT       -= gui

TARGET = MyTarget

CONFIG   += console

CONFIG   -= app_bundle

TEMPLATE = app

SOURCES += main.cpp

Solution

You need to link against the GLU library. Add the following line to your project file:


LIBS += -L/usr/local/lib -lGLU

Note that the shown code will not give a correctly-running program, because it is too incomplete.

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(C++) undefined reference to 'gluPerspective'

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