Linker Error: undefined reference to __ctype_b

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Mon Apr 10 06:30:15 UTC 2006


On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 11:33:25AM +0530, Premal Mishra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Am tryin to compile a C program which uses 3rd party library.
> 
> I get the following error during linking:
> 
> "undefined reference to __ctype_b" and this error comes up for many more names.
> 
> Whats may be the problem ?

It's looking for a symbol that doesn't exist in the libraries with
which you are linking.  Perhaps it needs another library, or it's
expecting to find symbols that do not exist in FreeBSD system
libraries.

Kris
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