Can't build simple app with libusb-dev

[mariodebian]

In Ubuntu Precise (12.04) can build this simple app:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <usb.h>
int main(){
    usb_init();
    printf("Hello world!\n");
    return 0;
}

$ gcc -Wall -lusb test.c -o test
/tmp/ccPHsjM4.o: In function `main':
test.c:(.text+0xa): undefined reference to `usb_init'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

$ gcc -Wall -L/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu -lusb test.c -o test
/tmp/cc7e0ElV.o: In function `main':
test.c:(.text+0xa): undefined reference to `usb_init'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

In Debian unstable ( libusb-dev 2:0.1.12-20) builds and run fine.
In Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 (libusb-dev 2:0.1.12-14ubuntu0.2) builds and run fine.

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

Have you tried using libusb-1.0.0-dev , libusb.h and libusb_init() ?

[mariodebian (mariodebian)]

@Dave this is not valid solution, I have a more complex app and I can't change libusb0 => libusb1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Newer versions of GCC require the linker flags to be placed after the objects to be linked. (So with this example, the proper command to build it is "gcc -Wall test.c -lusb -o test")

This bit me too for a while. :(