Linking with `cc`

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Hey!
I am new to Rust and wanted to contribute to a project. When I tried building the cloned project, I received the following error which goes beyond my understanding of Rust:

error: linking with `cc` failed: exit status: 1
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  = note: "cc" "-arch" "x86_64" "-m64"
...
...
 = note: ld: malformed universal file: slice content is not mach-o or a static library file '/usr/local/lib/libosxfuse.dylib'
          clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

The way I understand is that the project is using some resources from C/C++ and hence needs to link through the given file (please correct me if I am wrong!)
I was able to locate the file on my computer but I am not entirely sure what is supposed to be in there or exactly what I should be looking at.

Any help and pointers are much appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

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It says that it was trying to link that library but the file at that place isn't really a library. Can you run the file command on that file to obtain its precise type?

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Hey, thanks for the quick reply!

Yes, this is what I got:

libosxfuse.dylib: Mach-O universal binary with 4 architectures: [ppc_7400:Mach-O dynamically linked shared library ppc_7400
- Mach-O dynamically linked shared library ppc_7400] [ppc64:Mach-O dynamically linked shared library ppc64
- Mach-O dynamically linked shared library ppc64] [i386:Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386
- Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386] [x86_64:Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64
- Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64]
libosxfuse.dylib (for architecture ppc7400):	Mach-O dynamically linked shared library ppc_7400
libosxfuse.dylib (for architecture ppc64):	Mach-O dynamically linked shared library ppc64
libosxfuse.dylib (for architecture i386):	Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386
libosxfuse.dylib (for architecture x86_64):	Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64
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Well, it is a library, then. A google search for the error message shows that it might be a problem with your C toolchain being too new. Can you try with an older version? (You're looking for "Xcode Command-Line Tools", which have nothing to do with Xcode, this is just a stupid name the Apple calls the standard Unix-y C/C++ toolchain.)

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Ohh I see, okey so I am new to this and just wanted to clarify:

  1. Quick check in my terminal xcode-select -p gave me an output /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools which I assume means I have some version of Xcode Command-Line Tools.
  2. Since it could be too new, I need to remove it and install a specific older version?

Thanks again

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Quick check, is your mac a M1/M2 one? It seems the dylib doesn't support it. ppc mentioned in the list means the PowerPC architecture. Last ppc mac were sold by Apple at late 2005.

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I'm still an intel boy:) i5

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That was already evident from the fact that there was a clang compiler and an ld linker on your system.

Yes, that's what I was trying to suggest based on the Stack Overflow answer linked above. However, I don't know if this is the actual problem, it's merely a shot in the dark on my part.

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Thanks for your shot in the dark :slight_smile: Turned out, I just had to re-install the newest version!

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