ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture arm64

Hi All,

I'm writing a c program on my m1 macbook, but when i compiled the project, error occurs:

Undefined symbols for architecture arm64:
  "_fp", referenced from:
      _main in main.c.o
  "_init", referenced from:
      _main in main.c.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture arm64

and also, when i exec ld command, it will return some warnings:

ld: warning: platform not specified
ld: warning: -arch not specified
ld: warning: No platform min-version specified on command line
ld: no object files specified

I only install the xcode command line tools and use vscode, i believe it's a link problem but have no idea if it's a bug or my config fault.

Someone has any idea?Thanks

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It’s hard to say what’s going on here because you’ve not provided any details about your code or the commands you use to compile your code. Here’s a minimal example of compiling code on an Apple silicon Mac using command-line tools:

% mkdir test
% cd test
% cat > main.c
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
    printf("Hello Cruel World!\n");
}
^D
% clang main.c
% ./a.out
Hello Cruel World!

Does this example work on your machine? If so, tweak it to replicate the problem and then post the details here.

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  • Hi, I'm facing the same error! You example is Passed! But it doesn't work when I compile NCURSES. It seems that there are something wrong with my ld

    `nullnull@NulldeMBP ncurses-6.3 % ld -v

    @(#)PROGRAM:ld  PROJECT:ld64-711

    BUILD 18:11:19 Aug  3 2021

    configured to support archs: armv6 armv7 armv7s arm64 arm64e arm64_32 i386 x86_64 x86_64h armv6m armv7k armv7m armv7em

    LTO support using: LLVM version 13.0.0, (clang-1300.0.29.3) (static support for 27, runtime is 27)

    TAPI support using: Apple TAPI version 13.0.0 (tapi-1300.0.6.5)`

    nullnull@NulldeMBP ncurses-6.3 % clang -v Apple clang version 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.3) Target: arm64-apple-darwin21.1.0 Thread model: posix InstalledDir: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin Here are the configuration and error. ** Configuration summary for NCURSES 6.3 20211021:        extended funcs: yes        xterm terminfo: xterm-new         bin directory: /usr/local/bin         lib directory: /usr/local/lib     include directory: /usr/local/include/ncurses         man directory: /usr/local/share/man    terminfo directory: /usr/local/share/terminfo ** Include-directory is not in a standard location

    `gcc ../objects/tic.o ../objects/dump_entry.o ../objects/tparm_type.o ../objects/transform.o -L../lib -Wl,-search_paths_first -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../progs -I. -I../include -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -Qunused-arguments -Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration -no-cpp-precomp  -DNCURSES_STATIC -L../lib  -lncurses -lncurses    -o tic

    ld: warning: ignoring file ../lib/libncurses.a, building for macOS-arm64 but attempting to link with file built for unknown-unsupported file format ( 0x21 0x3C 0x61 0x72 0x63 0x68 0x3E 0x0A 0x2F 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 ) Undefined symbols for architecture arm64:   "__nc_boolcodes", referenced from:       _nametrans in dump_entry.o       _dump_init in dump_entry.o   "__nc_boolfnames", referenced from:       _dump_init in dump_entry.o   "__nc_boolnames", referenced from:       _dump_init in dump_entry.o   "__nc_capcmp", referenced from:       _check_termtype in tic.o       _check_sgr in tic.o   "__nc_check_termtype2", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_curr_col", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_curr_line", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_disable_period", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_doalloc", referenced from:       _main in tic.o       _fmt_entry in dump_entry.o       _strcpy_DYN in dump_entry.o       _fmt_complex in dump_entry.o       _strncpy_DYN in dump_entry.o   "__nc_find_entry", referenced from:       _check_user_capability_type in tic.o       _nametrans in dump_entry.o   "__nc_find_user_entry", referenced from:       _check_termtype in tic.o       _check_user_capability_type in tic.o   "__nc_first_name", referenced from:       _main in tic.o       _check_termtype in tic.o       _fmt_complex in dump_entry.o       _dump_entry in dump_entry.o   "__nc_get_hash_table", referenced from:       _check_user_capability_type in tic.o       _nametrans in dump_entry.o   "__nc_head", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_home_terminfo", referenced from:       _show_databases in tic.o   "__nc_infotocap", referenced from:       _check_termtype in tic.o       _fmt_entry in dump_entry.o   "__nc_name_match", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_numcodes", referenced from:       _nametrans in dump_entry.o       _dump_init in dump_entry.o   "__nc_numfnames", referenced from:       _dump_init in dump_entry.o   "__nc_numnames", referenced from:       _dump_init in dump_entry.o   "__nc_pathlast", referenced from:       _valid_db_path in tic.o   "__nc_read_entry_source", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_reset_tparm", referenced from:       _check_termtype in tic.o       _check_1_infotocap in tic.o   "__nc_resolve_uses2", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_rootname", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_set_source", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_set_type", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_set_writedir", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_strcodes", referenced from:       _nametrans in dump_entry.o       _dump_init in dump_entry.o   "__nc_strfnames", referenced from:       _dump_init in dump_entry.o   "__nc_strict_bsd", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_strnames", referenced from:       _check_termtype in tic.o      _dump_init in dump_entry.o       _dump_entry in dump_entry.o   "__nc_syntax", referenced from:       _check_termtype in tic.o   "__nc_tail", referenced from:       _main in tic.o   "__nc_tic_dir", referenced from:

          _main in tic.o

          _show_databases in tic.o

      "__nc_tic_expand", referenced from:

          _check_ansi_cursor in tic.o

          _fmt_entry in dump_entry.o

      "__nc_tic_written", referenced from:

          _main in tic.o

      "__nc_tinfo_fkeysf", referenced from:

          _check_termtype in tic.o

      "__nc_tiparm", referenced from:

          _check_termtype in tic.o

          _check_sgr in tic.o

          _check_1_infotocap in tic.o

          _same_color in tic.o

      "__nc_tparm_analyze", referenced from:

          _check_termtype in tic.o

          _check_1_infotocap in tic.o

      "__nc_tparm_err", referenced from:

          _check_termtype in tic.o

          _check_sgr in tic.o

      "__nc_tracing", referenced from:

          _main in tic.o

      "__nc_trim_sgr0", referenced from:

          _check_termtype in tic.o

          _fmt_entry in dump_entry.o

      "__nc_user_definable", referenced from:

          _check_termtype in tic.o

          _fmt_entry in dump_entry.o

          _compare_entry in dump_entry.o

      "__nc_visbuf", referenced from:

          _similar_sgr in tic.o

      "__nc_visbuf2", referenced from:

          _check_termtype in tic.o

          _check_sgr in tic.o

          _similar_sgr in tic.o

      "__nc_warning", referenced from:

          _check_termtype in tic.o

          _check_user_capability_type in tic.o

          _check_sgr in tic.o

          _check_sgr_param in tic.o

          _check_1_infotocap in tic.o

          _check_noaddress in tic.o

          _check_ansi_cursor in tic.o

          ...

      "__nc_write_entry", referenced from:

          _main in tic.o

      "__nc_write_object", referenced from:

          _dump_entry in dump_entry.o

      "_curses_version", referenced from:

          _main in tic.o

      "_keyname", referenced from:

          _check_termtype in tic.o

      "_tgoto", referenced from:

          _check_sgr_param in tic.o

      "_tigetflag", referenced from:

          _check_termtype in tic.o

      "_tigetstr", referenced from:

          _check_termtype in tic.o

      "_tparm", referenced from:

          _check_termtype in tic.o

          _check_1_infotocap in tic.o

         (maybe you meant: _tparm_type, _guess_tparm_type )

      "_use_extended_names", referenced from:

          _main in tic.o

    ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture arm64

    clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

    make[1]: *** [tic] Error 1

    make: *** [all] Error 2`

    —
    wheat
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It turns out that it was an error in my Makefile and ld can't find some functions. I thought it was an error related to platforms as the error messege refers to arm64.

Sorry for the ambigious message as it's not a personal project so I can only intercept a few message related to the possible error.

Thank you all the same.

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  • Hi,

    I have the exact same error in my first makefile. Could you help me by giving me insights about how you solved this ?

    Thank you

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    moylucien

  • I am facing the same error i.e "ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture arm64" while using make. None of the above worked for me. How you solved this?

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    surya-x
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I'm facing the same error!

Well, it seems like a related error, but it’s hard to be sure because of the formatting of your post. I recommend that you start a new thread and put the info in there. Use the same tags so that I see it go by. And feel free to reference this thread if you think the context would be valuable.

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