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Compilation error in MQ Linux: gcc: unrecognized option `-rpath=/opt/mqm/lib64'

Troubleshooting


Problem

You are trying to compile an IBM MQ sample and you use the following statement, which is obtained from the MQ documentation (Application Programming Guide):
gcc -m64 -o amqsmon amqsmon0.c -I/opt/mqm/inc -L/opt/mqm/lib64 -Wl, -rpath=/opt/mqm/lib64 -Wl, -rpath=/usr/lib64 -lmqm

Symptom

You get the following errors:

gcc: unrecognized option `-rpath=/opt/mqm/lib64'
gcc: unrecognized option `-rpath=/usr/lib64'
/usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: : No such file: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

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Document Information

Modified date:
03 September 2025

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