How to troubleshoot Blender 100% compiled with ld error “undefined reference”

Question

I was trying to get a clean instal of blender on my computer following the steps from this wepage

On the build steps from the wepage after the make command the build crashes:

$ cd ~/blender-git/blender
$ make
[  1%] Built target bf_intern_clog
[ ...] Other succesful steps
[100%] Linking CXX executable ../../bin/blender
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_Solver.cpp.o):IK_Solver.cpp:function IK_FreeSolver: error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::~IK_QJacobian()'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_Solver.cpp.o):IK_Solver.cpp:function IK_FreeSolver: error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::~IK_QJacobian()'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp.o):IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp:function IK_QJacobianSolver::IK_QJacobianSolver(): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::IK_QJacobian()'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp.o):IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp:function IK_QJacobianSolver::IK_QJacobianSolver(): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::IK_QJacobian()'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp.o):IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp:function IK_QJacobianSolver::Setup(IK_QSegment*, std::list<IK_QTask*, std::allocator<IK_QTask*> >&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::ArmMatrices(int, int)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp.o):IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp:function IK_QJacobianSolver::Setup(IK_QSegment*, std::list<IK_QTask*, std::allocator<IK_QTask*> >&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::SetDoFWeight(int, double)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp.o):IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp:function IK_QJacobianSolver::Setup(IK_QSegment*, std::list<IK_QTask*, std::allocator<IK_QTask*> >&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::ArmMatrices(int, int)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp.o):IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp:function IK_QJacobianSolver::Solve(IK_QSegment*, std::list<IK_QTask*, std::allocator<IK_QTask*> >, double, int): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::Invert()'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp.o):IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp:function IK_QJacobianSolver::Solve(IK_QSegment*, std::list<IK_QTask*, std::allocator<IK_QTask*> >, double, int): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::SubTask(IK_QJacobian&)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp.o):IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp:function IK_QJacobianSolver::Solve(IK_QSegment*, std::list<IK_QTask*, std::allocator<IK_QTask*> >, double, int): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::AngleUpdateNorm() const'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp.o):IK_QJacobianSolver.cpp:function IK_QJacobianSolver::IK_QJacobianSolver() [clone .cold]: error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::~IK_QJacobian()'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QSegment.cpp.o):IK_QSegment.cpp:function IK_QElbowSegment::UpdateAngle(IK_QJacobian const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1>&, bool*): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::AngleUpdate(int) const'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QSegment.cpp.o):IK_QSegment.cpp:function IK_QElbowSegment::UpdateAngle(IK_QJacobian const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1>&, bool*): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::AngleUpdate(int) const'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QSegment.cpp.o):IK_QSegment.cpp:function IK_QTranslateSegment::UpdateAngle(IK_QJacobian const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1>&, bool*): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::AngleUpdate(int) const'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QSegment.cpp.o):IK_QSegment.cpp:function IK_QSwingSegment::Lock(int, IK_QJacobian&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1>&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::Lock(int, double)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QSegment.cpp.o):IK_QSegment.cpp:function IK_QSphericalSegment::Lock(int, IK_QJacobian&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1>&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::Lock(int, double)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QSegment.cpp.o):IK_QSegment.cpp:function IK_QRevoluteSegment::UpdateAngle(IK_QJacobian const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1>&, bool*): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::AngleUpdate(int) const'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QSegment.cpp.o):IK_QSegment.cpp:function IK_QRevoluteSegment::Lock(int, IK_QJacobian&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1>&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::Lock(int, double)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QSegment.cpp.o):IK_QSegment.cpp:function IK_QSwingSegment::Lock(int, IK_QJacobian&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1>&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::Lock(int, double)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QTask.cpp.o):IK_QTask.cpp:function IK_QOrientationTask::ComputeJacobian(IK_QJacobian&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::SetBetas(int, int, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1> const&)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QTask.cpp.o):IK_QTask.cpp:function IK_QOrientationTask::ComputeJacobian(IK_QJacobian&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::SetDerivatives(int, int, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1> const&, double)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QTask.cpp.o):IK_QTask.cpp:function IK_QOrientationTask::ComputeJacobian(IK_QJacobian&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::SetDerivatives(int, int, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1> const&, double)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QTask.cpp.o):IK_QTask.cpp:function IK_QPositionTask::ComputeJacobian(IK_QJacobian&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::SetBetas(int, int, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1> const&)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QTask.cpp.o):IK_QTask.cpp:function IK_QPositionTask::ComputeJacobian(IK_QJacobian&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::SetDerivatives(int, int, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1> const&, double)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QTask.cpp.o):IK_QTask.cpp:function IK_QPositionTask::ComputeJacobian(IK_QJacobian&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::SetDerivatives(int, int, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1> const&, double)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_iksolver.a(IK_QTask.cpp.o):IK_QTask.cpp:function IK_QCenterOfMassTask::ComputeJacobian(IK_QJacobian&): error: undefined reference to 'IK_QJacobian::SetBetas(int, int, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1> const&)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(homography.cc.o):homography.cc:function libmv_homography2DFromCorrespondencesEuc: error: undefined reference to 'libmv::EstimateHomographyOptions::EstimateHomographyOptions()'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(homography.cc.o):homography.cc:function libmv_homography2DFromCorrespondencesEuc: error: undefined reference to 'libmv::EstimateHomography2DFromCorrespondences(Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, libmv::EstimateHomographyOptions const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3>*)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(initialize_reconstruction.cc.o):initialize_reconstruction.cc:function libmv::EuclideanReconstructTwoFrames(std::vector<libmv::Marker, Eigen::aligned_allocator<libmv::Marker> > const&, libmv::EuclideanReconstruction*): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::NormalizedEightPointSolver(Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3>*)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(initialize_reconstruction.cc.o):initialize_reconstruction.cc:function libmv::EuclideanReconstructTwoFrames(std::vector<libmv::Marker, Eigen::aligned_allocator<libmv::Marker> > const&, libmv::EuclideanReconstruction*): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::FundamentalToEssential(Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3>*)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(initialize_reconstruction.cc.o):initialize_reconstruction.cc:function libmv::EuclideanReconstructTwoFrames(std::vector<libmv::Marker, Eigen::aligned_allocator<libmv::Marker> > const&, libmv::EuclideanReconstruction*): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::MotionFromEssentialAndCorrespondence(Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3>*, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1>*)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(initialize_reconstruction.cc.o):initialize_reconstruction.cc:function libmv::ProjectiveReconstructTwoFrames(std::vector<libmv::Marker, Eigen::aligned_allocator<libmv::Marker> > const&, libmv::ProjectiveReconstruction*): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::NormalizedEightPointSolver(Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3>*)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(initialize_reconstruction.cc.o):initialize_reconstruction.cc:function libmv::ProjectiveReconstructTwoFrames(std::vector<libmv::Marker, Eigen::aligned_allocator<libmv::Marker> > const&, libmv::ProjectiveReconstruction*): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::ProjectionsFromFundamental(Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 4, 0, 3, 4>*, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 4, 0, 3, 4>*)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(keyframe_selection.cc.o):keyframe_selection.cc:function libmv::SelectKeyframesBasedOnGRICAndVariance(libmv::Tracks const&, libmv::CameraIntrinsics const&, std::vector<int, Eigen::aligned_allocator<int> >&): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::EstimateHomographyOptions::EstimateHomographyOptions()'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(keyframe_selection.cc.o):keyframe_selection.cc:function libmv::SelectKeyframesBasedOnGRICAndVariance(libmv::Tracks const&, libmv::CameraIntrinsics const&, std::vector<int, Eigen::aligned_allocator<int> >&): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::EstimateHomography2DFromCorrespondences(Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, libmv::EstimateHomographyOptions const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3>*)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(keyframe_selection.cc.o):keyframe_selection.cc:function libmv::SelectKeyframesBasedOnGRICAndVariance(libmv::Tracks const&, libmv::CameraIntrinsics const&, std::vector<int, Eigen::aligned_allocator<int> >&): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::EstimateFundamentalOptions::EstimateFundamentalOptions()'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(keyframe_selection.cc.o):keyframe_selection.cc:function libmv::SelectKeyframesBasedOnGRICAndVariance(libmv::Tracks const&, libmv::CameraIntrinsics const&, std::vector<int, Eigen::aligned_allocator<int> >&): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::EstimateFundamentalFromCorrespondences(Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, libmv::EstimateFundamentalOptions const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3>*)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(keyframe_selection.cc.o):keyframe_selection.cc:function libmv::SelectKeyframesBasedOnGRICAndVariance(libmv::Tracks const&, libmv::CameraIntrinsics const&, std::vector<int, Eigen::aligned_allocator<int> >&): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::SymmetricGeometricDistance(Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1> const&)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(keyframe_selection.cc.o):keyframe_selection.cc:function libmv::SelectKeyframesBasedOnGRICAndVariance(libmv::Tracks const&, libmv::CameraIntrinsics const&, std::vector<int, Eigen::aligned_allocator<int> >&): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::SymmetricEpipolarDistance(Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1> const&)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(keyframe_selection.cc.o):keyframe_selection.cc:function libmv::SelectKeyframesBasedOnGRICAndVariance(libmv::Tracks const&, libmv::CameraIntrinsics const&, std::vector<int, Eigen::aligned_allocator<int> >&): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::FundamentalToEssential(Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3>*)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(keyframe_selection.cc.o):keyframe_selection.cc:function libmv::SelectKeyframesBasedOnGRICAndVariance(libmv::Tracks const&, libmv::CameraIntrinsics const&, std::vector<int, Eigen::aligned_allocator<int> >&): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::MotionFromEssentialAndCorrespondence(Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3>*, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1>*)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(resect.cc.o):resect.cc:function libmv::EuclideanResect(std::vector<libmv::Marker, Eigen::aligned_allocator<libmv::Marker> > const&, libmv::EuclideanReconstruction*, bool): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::euclidean_resection::EuclideanResection(Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, -1, 0, 2, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, -1, 0, 3, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3>*, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1>*, libmv::euclidean_resection::ResectionMethod)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(track_region.cc.o):track_region.cc:function libmv::(anonymous namespace)::ComputeCanonicalHomography(double const*, double const*, int, int): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::Homography2DFromCorrespondencesLinear(Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3>*, double)'
../../lib/libbf_intern_libmv.a(track_region.cc.o):track_region.cc:function libmv::(anonymous namespace)::HomographyWarp::HomographyWarp(double const*, double const*, double const*, double const*): error: undefined reference to 'libmv::Homography2DFromCorrespondencesLinear(Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1> const&, Eigen::Matrix<double, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3>*, double)'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
source/creator/CMakeFiles/blender.dir/build.make:580: recipe for target 'bin/blender' failed
make[3]: *** [bin/blender] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:8857: recipe for target 'source/creator/CMakeFiles/blender.dir/all' failed
make[2]: *** [source/creator/CMakeFiles/blender.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:162: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
GNUmakefile:340: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

I suspect that there is something wrong with my files of the form IK_xxx.cpp? Does anyone have advice on how I should proceed?

After checking the /lib folder it appears that there is not a subfolder with the name libbf_intern_iksolver anyways?

lib/linux_centos7_x86_64$ ls -a
.        fftw3     llvm         openimagedenoise  potrace  tbb
..       freetype  mesa         openimageio       pugixml  tiff
alembic  glew      nanovdb      openjpeg          python   usd
blosc    gmp       openal       opensubdiv        sdl      xml2
boost    haru      opencollada  openvdb           sndfile  xr_openxr_sdk
embree   jemalloc  opencolorio  osl               spnav    zlib
ffmpeg   jpeg      openexr      png               .svn     zstd

Answer 1

The last error message says something isn't found when linking, but the build went fine otherwise. Strange.

Perhaps some library (the one mentioned in the error) is the wrong version? Or something is missing somewhere?

The blender package is open source, and pretty popular. There must be a package for your distribution, grab it's source package and dissect that one. Perhaps a distribution-local patch is needed, or you can use that as a starting point to build your own with the latest and greatest.

Answer 2

Alternatively, sidestepping a lot of this work, you can download an already built version of Blender at: https://www.blender.org/download/ for Linux.

Then, uncompress the file from your download location and move the folder to usr/local:

$ cd ~/Downloads
$ tar -xf blender-2.93.0-linux-x64.tar.xz
$ sudo mv blender-2.93.0-stable+blender-v293-release /usr/local

Then run the executable blender from inside the /usr/local folder and once it's running, right-click the program and select create shortcut to be able to easily access blender in the future.