Problem linking C++ applications to libquran

[Mohammed Yousif <mhdyousif at gmx dot net>]

Salam,
I'm facing a problem that makes me unable to link qtquran against
libquran or even anyother C++ program.
I wrote a minimal C++ application:
test.cpp:
#include <quran.h>
int main() {
    int i=0;
    i=quran_init();
    return 0;
}


but when ever I compile it, it compiles fine but the linker fails to link it
against libquran

g++ test.cpp
/tmp/ccyQxJtF.o: In function `main':
/tmp/ccyQxJtF.o(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `quran_init(void)'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

g++ test.cpp  -lquran
/tmp/ccyQxJtF.o: In function `main':
/tmp/ccyQxJtF.o(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `quran_init(void)'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

g++ -c test.cpp

g++ test.o -lquran
ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; defaulting to 0000000008048080
test.o: In function `main':
test.o(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `quran_init(void)'

g++ test.o libquran.a
ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; defaulting to 0000000008048080
test.o: In function `main':
test.o(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `quran_init(void)'

and the funny thing that test.cpp doesn't call any function rather
than quran_init(void) but the linker argues that there are undefined
references to expat functions, speex functions ....etc, those functions
are called in libquran itself!

ld test.o quran.o
ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; defaulting to 0000000008048080
test.o: In function `main':
test.o(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `quran_init(void)'
quran.o: In function `callback_start':
quran.c:139: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:141: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:142: undefined reference to `__strdup'
quran.c:150: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:152: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:153: undefined reference to `__strdup'
quran.c:161: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:166: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.o: In function `callback_end':
quran.c:180: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:183: undefined reference to `stderr'
quran.c:183: undefined reference to `fprintf'
quran.c:190: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.o: In function `callback_cdata':
quran.c:207: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:210: undefined reference to `strndup'
quran.c:227: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:230: undefined reference to `strndup'
quran.o: In function `free_aya':
quran.c:256: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:257: undefined reference to `free'
quran.o: In function `build_sura':
quran.c:272: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:279: undefined reference to `XML_ParserCreate'
quran.c:280: undefined reference to `XML_SetElementHandler'
quran.c:281: undefined reference to `XML_SetCharacterDataHandler'
quran.c:283: undefined reference to `XML_SetUserData'
quran.c:286: undefined reference to `XML_GetBuffer'
quran.c:291: undefined reference to `fread'
quran.c:299: undefined reference to `XML_ParseBuffer'
quran.c:304: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:305: undefined reference to `XML_ParserFree'
quran.o: In function `callback_start_config':
quran.c:311: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:312: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:313: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:315: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:317: undefined reference to `__strdup'
quran.c:321: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:323: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:325: undefined reference to `__strdup'
quran.o: In function `callback_end_config':
quran.c:333: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:334: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.o: In function `select_xml_file':
quran.c:347: undefined reference to `strncmp'
quran.c:349: undefined reference to `strstr'
quran.o: In function `quran_init':
quran.c:380: undefined reference to `XML_ParserCreate'
quran.c:381: undefined reference to `XML_SetElementHandler'
quran.c:382: undefined reference to `XML_SetCharacterDataHandler'
quran.c:383: undefined reference to `fopen'
quran.c:384: undefined reference to `fopen'
quran.c:385: undefined reference to `fopen'
quran.c:386: undefined reference to `fopen'
quran.c:387: undefined reference to `fopen'
quran.o:quran.c:388: more undefined references to `fopen' follow
quran.o: In function `quran_init':
quran.c:393: undefined reference to `XML_GetBuffer'
quran.c:398: undefined reference to `fread'
quran.c:406: undefined reference to `XML_ParseBuffer'
quran.c:411: undefined reference to `fclose'
quran.c:414: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:414: undefined reference to `memcpy'
quran.c:417: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:417: undefined reference to `memcpy'
quran.c:418: undefined reference to `alphasort'
quran.c:418: undefined reference to `scandir'
quran.c:420: undefined reference to `puts'
quran.c:422: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:425: undefined reference to `strstr'
quran.c:426: undefined reference to `strndup'
quran.c:423: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:429: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:431: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:435: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:436: undefined reference to `opendir'
quran.c:442: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:444: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:446: undefined reference to `sprintf'
quran.c:449: undefined reference to `realloc'
quran.c:451: undefined reference to `__strdup'
quran.c:455: undefined reference to `realloc'
quran.c:456: undefined reference to `opendir'
quran.c:457: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:462: undefined reference to `realloc'
quran.c:464: undefined reference to `stderr'
quran.c:464: undefined reference to `fprintf'
quran.c:466: undefined reference to `exit'
quran.c:467: undefined reference to `__strdup'
quran.c:470: undefined reference to `readdir'
quran.c:471: undefined reference to `closedir'
quran.c:473: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:477: undefined reference to `realloc'
quran.c:488: undefined reference to `readdir'
quran.c:489: undefined reference to `closedir'
quran.c:493: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:497: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:498: undefined reference to `XML_ParserFree'
quran.o: In function `quran_open':
quran.c:518: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:520: undefined reference to `__strdup'
quran.c:521: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:528: undefined reference to `sprintf'
quran.c:534: undefined reference to `fopen'
quran.c:538: undefined reference to `fclose'
quran.c:539: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:530: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:532: undefined reference to `free'
quran.o: In function `quran_close':
quran.c:554: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:568: undefined reference to `free'
quran.o:quran.c:569: more undefined references to `free' follow
quran.o: In function `quran_read_verse':
quran.c:629: undefined reference to `__strdup'
quran.o: In function `quran_sura_info':
quran.c:642: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.o: In function `quran_verse_info':
quran.c:661: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.o: In function `process_header':
quran.c:713: undefined reference to `speex_packet_to_header'
quran.c:730: undefined reference to `speex_mode_list'
quran.c:738: undefined reference to `stderr'
quran.c:738: undefined reference to `fprintf'
quran.c:742: undefined reference to `speex_decoder_init'
quran.c:743: undefined reference to `speex_decoder_ctl'
quran.c:745: undefined reference to `speex_decoder_ctl'
quran.c:747: undefined reference to `speex_std_stereo_request_handler'
quran.c:750: undefined reference to `speex_decoder_ctl'
quran.c:763: undefined reference to `speex_decoder_ctl'
quran.c:771: undefined reference to `stderr'
quran.c:771: undefined reference to `fprintf'
quran.c:778: undefined reference to `stderr'
quran.c:778: undefined reference to `fprintf'
quran.c:779: undefined reference to `free'
quran.o: In function `quran_audio_open':
quran.c:811: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:812: undefined reference to `sprintf'
quran.c:813: undefined reference to `fopen'
quran.c:814: undefined reference to `free'
quran.c:817: undefined reference to `malloc'
quran.c:818: undefined reference to `ogg_sync_init'
quran.c:819: undefined reference to `speex_bits_init'
quran.o: In function `quran_audio_play_':
quran.c:854: undefined reference to `stderr'
quran.c:854: undefined reference to `fprintf'
quran.c:866: undefined reference to `ogg_sync_buffer'
quran.c:867: undefined reference to `fread'
quran.c:869: undefined reference to `ogg_sync_wrote'
quran.c:873: undefined reference to `ogg_page_serialno'
quran.c:873: undefined reference to `ogg_stream_init'
quran.c:878: undefined reference to `ogg_stream_pagein'
quran.c:901: undefined reference to `rand'
quran.c:909: undefined reference to `speex_bits_read_from'
quran.c:917: undefined reference to `speex_decode'
quran.c:920: undefined reference to `speex_decode_stereo'
quran.c:924: undefined reference to `speex_decoder_ctl'
quran.c:925: undefined reference to `stderr'
quran.c:925: undefined reference to `fputc'
quran.c:926: undefined reference to `stderr'
quran.c:926: undefined reference to `fprintf'
quran.c:936: undefined reference to `le_short'
quran.c:945: undefined reference to `ogg_stream_packetout'
quran.c:946: undefined reference to `ogg_sync_pageout'
quran.c:948: undefined reference to `feof'
quran.o: In function `quran_audio_stop':
quran.c:985: undefined reference to `fclose'
quran.o: In function `quran_audio_close':
quran.c:1001: undefined reference to `free'

ld test.o quran.o -lexpat -lspeex -logg
ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; defaulting to 0000000008048df0
test.o: In function `main':
test.o(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `quran_init(void)'
This problem really bothers me so Any clues ?

Thanks
-- 
Mohammed Yousif
"She is in my mind and soul, I love her with all my heart and blood".
We _will_ restore OUR Jerusalem