Re: AC_CHECK_LIB for C++ libraries

[Peter Johansson]

On 11/2/12 9:04 PM, Jan Mikelson wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I am currently writing configure.ac and Makefile.am files for a project
> I have been working on. The project consists of some C++ shared
> libraries and one executable. If they were C libraries I could just use
>
> AC_CHECK_LIB([lib1], [function1])
>
> to check whether the library lib1 is available. This does not work with
> C++ libraries. Is there a similar way of doing this for C++ libraries? I
> could not find anything helpful online and would appreciate any help!
> Thanks a lot!

I've used AC_LINK_IFELSE to check for C++ libs.

Cheers,
Peter