GCC-ld does not bind opengl

Question

gcc -lGL -lGLU -lglut light.c /tmp/ccfuthSi.o: In function `init': light.c:(.text+0x72): undefined reference to `glClearColor' light.c:(.text+0x7e): undefined reference to `glShadeModel' light.c:(.text+0x99): undefined reference to `glMaterialfv' light.c:(.text+0xb4): undefined reference to `glMaterialfv' light.c:(.text+0xcf): undefined reference to `glLightfv' light.c:(.text+0xdb): undefined reference to `glEnable' light.c:(.text+0xe7): undefined reference to `glEnable' light.c:(.text+0xf3): undefined reference to `glEnable' /tmp/ccfuthSi.o: In function `display': light.c:(.text+0x107): undefined reference to `glClear' light.c:(.text+0x121): undefined reference to `glutSolidSphere' light.c:(.text+0x126): undefined reference to `glFlush' /tmp/ccfuthSi.o: In function `reshape': light.c:(.text+0x150): undefined reference to `glViewport' light.c:(.text+0x15c): undefined reference to `glMatrixMode' light.c:(.text+0x161): undefined reference to `glLoadIdentity' light.c:(.text+0x1bf): undefined reference to `glOrtho' light.c:(.text+0x217): undefined reference to `glOrtho' light.c:(.text+0x223): undefined reference to `glMatrixMode' light.c:(.text+0x228): undefined reference to `glLoadIdentity' /tmp/ccfuthSi.o: In function `main': light.c:(.text+0x268): undefined reference to `glutInit' light.c:(.text+0x274): undefined reference to `glutInitDisplayMode' light.c:(.text+0x288): undefined reference to `glutInitWindowSize' light.c:(.text+0x29c): undefined reference to `glutInitWindowPosition' light.c:(.text+0x2a9): undefined reference to `glutCreateWindow' light.c:(.text+0x2ba): undefined reference to `glutDisplayFunc' light.c:(.text+0x2c6): undefined reference to `glutReshapeFunc' light.c:(.text+0x2d2): undefined reference to `glutKeyboardFunc' light.c:(.text+0x2d7): undefined reference to `glutMainLoop' 

As you can see, I am passing the necessary gcc parameters. Why is this not working? Linux Mint 12.

Answer 1

This is really a FAQ (and was asked and said many times here). When connecting, the order of the arguments matters. Libraries should go last (and in good order). You have to run

 gcc -Wall -g light.c -lGL -lGLU -lglut -o light