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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

With don't you use cmake?

If you don't know how to create a CMakeLists.txt then call the script
cgal_create_cmake_script located in the directory scripts CGAL.

Documentation is here:
http://www.cgal.org/Manual/latest/doc_html/installation_manual/Chapter_installation_manual.html#Subsection_C.1

Gaurav Kanade wrote:
> Hello
> I am a new user of CGAL and have some problems with issues involving
> linking libraries. I use the command
>
> g++ -lCGAL -lCGAL_Core Scenario.cpp
> /usr/bin/ld: /tmp/ccydV8IU.o: undefined reference to symbol 'mpfr_set_q'
> /usr/bin/ld: note: 'mpfr_set_q' is defined in DSO
> /usr/lib64/libmpfr.so.1 so try adding it to the linker command line
> /usr/lib64/libmpfr.so.1: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> Now based upon the suggestion it gave me I tried to link the file
> libmpfr.so.1 and then it gives
>
> g++ -lCGAL -lCGAL_Core -llibmpfr.so.1 Scenario.cpp
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llibmpfr.so.1
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> I know that the file exists in /usr/lib64 as I can see it there ...
> any idea how to resolve this ?
>
> Thanks and sorry for the trouble if this is already asked ...
>
> Gaurav