Compiler detects allegro.h, but not allegro_primitives.h

Question

When I compile my Allegro 5 program using g++, it complains about undefined reference to 'al_init_primitives_addon', al_draw_filled_rectangle and other such functions that are found in allegro_primitives.h. It does not complain about functions in allegro.h like al_create_display.

Includes:

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

#include <allegro5/allegro_primitives.h>

#include "objects.h"

#include "main.h"

Compiler command:

g++ main.cpp -o game -lallegro -I/usr/include/allegro5 -L/usr/lib/allegro5

Complaints:

/tmp/ccAyQlcl.o: In function `main':
main.cpp:(.text+0xef): undefined reference to `al_init_primitives_addon'
/tmp/ccAyQlcl.o: In function `Draw()':
main.cpp:(.text+0x38c): undefined reference to `al_draw_filled_rectangle'
main.cpp:(.text+0x415): undefined reference to `al_draw_filled_rectangle'

MSVC++ compiles this fine, by the way.

Answer 1

You need to link with allegro and allegro_primitives. The proper way is:

g++ main.cpp -o game $(pkg-config --libs 
   allegro-5.0 allegro_main-5.0 allegro_primitives-5.0)

(All on one line, of course.)

The .pc files will be in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig which needs to be in your PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable.