gcc can't link to pthread?

Question

I have recently installed XUbuntu 11.10 64bit, but I am having problem compiling the most simple pthread example.

Here is the code pthread_simple.c:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <pthread.h> 
main()  {
  pthread_t f2_thread, f1_thread; 
  void *f2(), *f1();
  int i1,i2;
  i1 = 1;
  i2 = 2;
  pthread_create(&f1_thread,NULL,f1,&i1);
  pthread_create(&f2_thread,NULL,f2,&i2);
  pthread_join(f1_thread,NULL);
  pthread_join(f2_thread,NULL);
}
void *f1(int *x){
  int i;
  i = *x;
  sleep(1);
  printf("f1: %d",i);
  pthread_exit(0); 
}
void *f2(int *x){
  int i;
  i = *x;
  sleep(1);
  printf("f2: %d",i);
  pthread_exit(0); 
}

And here is the compile command

gcc -lpthread pthread_simple.c

The results:

lptang@tlp-linux:~/test/test-pthread$ gcc -lpthread pthread_simple.c 
/tmp/ccmV0LdM.o: In function `main':
pthread_simple.c:(.text+0x2c): undefined reference to `pthread_create'
pthread_simple.c:(.text+0x46): undefined reference to `pthread_create'
pthread_simple.c:(.text+0x57): undefined reference to `pthread_join'
pthread_simple.c:(.text+0x68): undefined reference to `pthread_join'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Does anyone know what's causing the problem?

Answer 1

In the latest versions of gcc compiler require that libraries follow the object or source files.

So to compile this it should be:

gcc pthread_sample.c -lpthread

Normally though pthread code is compiled this way:

gcc -pthread pthread_sample.c

Answer 2

gcc -o exectable_namme pthread_sample.c -lpthread

Answer 3

compile code using following command

gcc filename.c -lpthread -lrt