"Library not found error" with Go bindings #200

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claunia · 2026-01-29T20:39:44Z

claunia commented

2026-01-29 20:39:44 +00:00

Originally created by @addityasingh on GitHub (Oct 8, 2017).

While trying to use the Go package cbrotli, I was getting error for File not found for all the header files <brotli/encode.h>, <brotli/decode.h>. I fixed this by adding the relative path as below:


#include "../../c/include/brotli/decode.h"

#include "../../c/include/brotli/encode.h"

But even after this I get ld: library not found for -lbrotlicommon error and have no clue how to fix this. Trying to run the cbrotli_test.go throws the same error as shown:

Originally created by @addityasingh on GitHub (Oct 8, 2017). While trying to use the Go package `cbrotli`, I was getting error for `File not found` for all the header files `<brotli/encode.h>`, `<brotli/decode.h>`. I fixed this by adding the relative path as below: ```go #include "../../c/include/brotli/decode.h" #include "../../c/include/brotli/encode.h" ``` But even after this I get **ld: library not found for -lbrotlicommon** error and have no clue how to fix this. Trying to run the `cbrotli_test.go` throws the same error as shown: <img width="1105" alt="screen shot 2017-10-08 at 1 46 29 am" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5351262/31312720-1a67597e-abcb-11e7-94ee-78f69be1c15a.png">

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claunia commented

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@eustas commented on GitHub (Oct 11, 2017):

Going to dig into this problem soon. What build system do you use?

@eustas commented on GitHub (Oct 11, 2017): Going to dig into this problem soon. What build system do you use?

claunia commented

2026-01-29 20:39:45 +00:00

@eustas commented on GitHub (Oct 11, 2017):

This works for me:

mkdir out
cd out
../configure-cmake --disable-debug
cmake ..
make -j8
make test
make install
cd ..

After this include/library not found errors do not occur:

go build ./go/cbrotli

@eustas commented on GitHub (Oct 11, 2017): This works for me: ``` mkdir out cd out ../configure-cmake --disable-debug cmake .. make -j8 make test make install cd .. ``` After this include/library not found errors do not occur: ``` go build ./go/cbrotli ```

claunia commented

2026-01-29 20:39:45 +00:00

@addityasingh commented on GitHub (Oct 11, 2017):

I will give it a go. Thanks @eustas for the effort 👍

@addityasingh commented on GitHub (Oct 11, 2017): I will give it a go. Thanks @eustas for the effort 👍

claunia commented

2026-01-29 20:39:45 +00:00

@addityasingh commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2017):

@eustas Just as a side question, is there any existing usage/example of the go implementation somewhere. I tried below but to no avail:

godep save github.com/google/brotli/cbrotli

godep: Package (github.com/google/brotli/cbrotli) not found

godep save github.com/google/cbrotli

godep: Package (github.com/google/cbrotli) not found

@addityasingh commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2017): @eustas Just as a side question, is there any existing usage/example of the `go` implementation somewhere. I tried below but to no avail: ``` godep save github.com/google/brotli/cbrotli ``` > godep: Package (github.com/google/brotli/cbrotli) not found ``` godep save github.com/google/cbrotli ``` > godep: Package (github.com/google/cbrotli) not found

claunia commented

2026-01-29 20:39:46 +00:00

@eustas commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2017):

I fear, I don't know any.
Going to investigate what is godep soon =)

@eustas commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2017): I fear, I don't know any. Going to investigate what is `godep` soon =)

claunia commented

2026-01-29 20:39:46 +00:00

@eustas commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2017):

Even if godep save would finish successfully, it seem that it wouldn't work anyways: https://github.com/tools/godep/issues/422

@eustas commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2017): Even if `godep save` would finish successfully, it seem that it wouldn't work anyways: https://github.com/tools/godep/issues/422

claunia commented

2026-01-29 20:39:46 +00:00

@eustas commented on GitHub (Oct 24, 2018):

Merging with similar issue #585

@eustas commented on GitHub (Oct 24, 2018): Merging with similar issue #585

claunia referenced this issue

2026-01-29 20:50:57 +00:00

[PR #201] [MERGED] replace vector.data() with &vector[0] for MSVC90 compatibility #798

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2026-01-29 20:50:58 +00:00

[PR #201] replace vector.data() with &vector[0] for MSVC90 compatibility #801

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