/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext Dependencies issue

Question

I am installing ghostscript on my Ubuntu 14.04 server. I am getting error for make command due to dependencies :

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [bin/gs] Error 1

But I have libraries:

locate libXext.so

• /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6

• /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6.4.0

Are these sufficient or I need some more libraries?

Answer 1

Run: apt-get install libxext-dev
It worked for me.

I tried to install Ghostscript 9.18 Source version

Answer 2

You need to install libxext-dev package.

Run: apt-get install libxext-dev