# GCC cannot find dependent libraries when cross compiling

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/gcc-cannot-find-dependent-libraries-when-cross-compiling/5930
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [June 25, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/gcc-cannot-find-dependent-libraries-when-cross-compiling/5930 "2022-06-25T08:01:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![william](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/william/32/2535_2.png) [@william](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/william)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/gcc-cannot-find-dependent-libraries-when-cross-compiling/5930/1 "2022-06-25T08:01:20Z")

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I’m cross compiling for armv7l linux on x86\_64 linux using the following setup:  
**toolchain.cmake:**

```cmake
set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR arm)

set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc)
set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++)

set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf /tmp/rpi-root)
set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)

```

**CMakeLists.txt:**

```cmake
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
project(cross-compile-demo C)

find_package(LibArchive REQUIRED)

add_executable(demo main.c)
target_link_libraries(demo PRIVATE LibArchive::LibArchive)

```

**main.c:**

```nohighlight
#include <stdio.h>
#include <archive.h>

int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
	archive_bzlib_version();
	return 0;
}

```

When I build the project using ninja, it failed with “library cannot be found” error:

```auto
[william@NoteBook build](master)$ ninja -v
[1/2] /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -isystem /tmp/rpi-root/usr/include -O3 -DNDEBUG -MD -MT CMakeFiles/demo.dir/main.c.o -MF CMakeFiles/demo.dir/main.c.o.d -o CMakeFiles/demo.dir/main.c.o -c /home/william/Downloads/cross-compile/main.c
[2/2] : && /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -O3 -DNDEBUG CMakeFiles/demo.dir/main.c.o -o demo -Wl,-rpath,/tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so && :
FAILED: demo 
: && /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -O3 -DNDEBUG CMakeFiles/demo.dir/main.c.o -o demo -Wl,-rpath,/tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so && :
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: libcrypto.so.1.1, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: libacl.so.1, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: libexpat.so.1, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: liblzma.so.5, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: libzstd.so.1, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: liblz4.so.1, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: libbz2.so.1.0, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: warning: libz.so.1, needed by /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_MD_CTX_free@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_resetStreamHC'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_compress_HC'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_compressStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_freeStreamHC'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_alone_decoder@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_sha512@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_createDStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_sha256@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_raw_decoder@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_MD_CTX_new@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_aes_192_ecb@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_properties_encode@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `inflate'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_isError'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_minCLevel'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `XML_ParserCreate'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_stream_decoder@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_initCStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzlibVersion'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `crc32'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lstat64@GLIBC_2.33'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `HMAC_CTX_free@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_saveDictHC'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_stream_encoder_mt@XZ_5.2'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_saveDict'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_permset@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_properties_size@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_freeStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_versionNumber'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzDecompressInit'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `deflateReset'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_raw_encoder@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzDecompressEnd'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `deflate'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `XML_SetCharacterDataHandler'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_fd@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_stream_encoder@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_set_tag_type@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `XML_ParserFree'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `HMAC_Init_ex@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `XML_SetUserData'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzCompressInit'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_clear_perms@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `deflateInit2_'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_ripemd160@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_DStreamOutSize'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_freeCStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `XML_Parse'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_EncryptUpdate@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_sha384@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzCompressEnd'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `fstatat64@GLIBC_2.33'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `deflateInit_'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_compress_HC_continue'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_decompress_safe_usingDict'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_crc32@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_getErrorName'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_add_perm@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `inflateEnd'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_set_file@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `HMAC_CTX_new@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_initDStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzCompress'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_loadDict'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `inflateSetDictionary'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_entry@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_perm@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_end@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_free@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_set_qualifier@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_code@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_memusage@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_CStreamOutSize'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_compress_fast_continue'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `deflateEnd'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_cputhreads@XZ_5.2'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_decompress_safe'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzDecompress'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `fstat64@GLIBC_2.33'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_aes_128_ecb@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_init@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `inflateInit_'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_set_fd@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_decompressStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_properties_decode@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_sha1@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_lzma_preset@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_file@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `XML_SetElementHandler'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `inflateInit2_'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_createStreamHC'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_DigestInit@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_DigestUpdate@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `lzma_alone_encoder@XZ_5.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_endStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `inflateReset'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_md5@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `HMAC_Final@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `stat64@GLIBC_2.33'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_createStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_loadDictHC'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_EncryptInit_ex@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `HMAC_Update@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_aes_256_ecb@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_tag_type@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_get_qualifier@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_createCStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `LZ4_compress_default'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_freeDStream'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `acl_create_entry@ACL_1.0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `mknod@GLIBC_2.33'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `EVP_DigestFinal@OPENSSL_1_1_0'
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libarchive.so: undefined reference to `ZSTD_maxCLevel'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

```

The mentioned libraries did exist under `/tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib`:

```auto
[william@NoteBook ~]$ ls /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libcrypto.so*
/tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libcrypto.so /tmp/rpi-root/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1

```

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### Author: ![craig.scott](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/craig.scott/32/20_2.png) [@craig.scott](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/craig.scott)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2022, 6:42am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/gcc-cannot-find-dependent-libraries-when-cross-compiling/5930/2 "2022-07-01T06:42:03Z")

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What CMake version are you using? There have been various issues reported around this area. [This one](https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/22953) was found to have been fixed by CMake 3.16, so you may want to use a more recent CMake version you’re using an older one.

You may also want to check [issue 22678](https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/22678). It might not be the same as your case, but have a read through and see if there’s anything relevant in there that might give you more insight.

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### Author: ![william](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/william/32/2535_2.png) [@william](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/william)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/gcc-cannot-find-dependent-libraries-when-cross-compiling/5930/3 "2022-07-01T11:30:05Z")

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I’m using 3.23.2. I reached out to the binutils package developers and it turns out that when using a cross bfd ld configured with a sysroot. The sysroot will always be added to rpath path (see [29288 – Dependent libraries cannot be found with default sysroot search dir and rpath using cross ld](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29288#c7) for more info). And adding `--verbose` to the linker confirms the issue:

```auto
libcrypto.so.1.1 needed by /tmp/rpi/usr/lib/libarchive.so
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/tmp/rpi/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/usr/local/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/tmp/rpi/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/usr/local/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed
attempt to open /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.1 failed

```

Gnu gold does not have this issue as it does not validate dependencies.