"Undefined symbols for architecture" while using Pythia and Root

[Frigorifico]

I’m trying to use Pythia and Root.

If I only wanted to use Root I’d use this command in the terminal:

> g++ -o testy ./testy.cpp `root-config --cflags --glibs` 

Now that I want to use also Pythia, I’m using this command:

> g++ -I $PYTHIA8/include -o testy ./testy.cpp `root-config --cflags --glibs`

And it does “find” Pythia, the problem is that it doesn’t find the compiled library, or at least that’s what I understand is happening from this error message:

> Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "Pythia8::Pythia::readString(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> >, bool)", referenced from:
      _main in testy-a5469e.o
  "Pythia8::Pythia::init()", referenced from:
      _main in testy-a5469e.o
  "Pythia8::Pythia::next()", referenced from:
      _main in testy-a5469e.o
  "Pythia8::Pythia::stat()", referenced from:
      _main in testy-a5469e.o
  "Pythia8::Pythia::Pythia(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> >, bool)", referenced from:
      _main in testy-a5469e.o
  "Pythia8::Pythia::~Pythia()", referenced from:
      _main in testy-a5469e.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

The code itself is this one:

>#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include "Pythia8/Pythia.h"
#include "TROOT.h"
using namespace Pythia8;
int main() 
{
  //Dar las caracteristicas del rayo
  Pythia pythia;
  //pythia.readString("SoftQCD:all = on");
  pythia.readString("HardQCD:all = on"); //en el articulo mencionan que el principal interes es en eventos duros de cromodinamica
  pythia.readString("Beams:eCM = 13000."); //declara la energia del CM
  pythia.readString("PhaseSpace:pTHatMin = 0.15"); // minimos y maximos momentums indicados en el articulo
  pythia.readString("PhaseSpace:pTHatMax = 20."); 
  pythia.init();
  //I'll comment the histograms to "filter" the error message of not finding it
  //Hist pTZ("dN/dpTZ", 100, 0., 10.); //histograma de momentum
  //Hist eta("dN/deta", 1000, -3., 3.); //histograma de pseudorapidez
  //comenzamos a analizar eventos
  for (int iEvent = 0; iEvent < 10000; ++iEvent) 
  {
    if (!pythia.next()) continue; // sirve para evtar eventos vacios

    for (int i = 0; i < pythia.event.size(); ++i) //anaizamos particulas en el eventos
    {
      /*if (pythia.event[i].isCharged()) //si no es particula intermediay tiene carga
        pTZ.fill( pythia.event[i].pT() ); //llenamos el histograma del momentum con los datos
        eta.fill( pythia.event[i].eta() ); //llenamos el histograma de la pseudorapidez con los datos
    */}
>// End of event loop. Statistics. Histogram. Done.
}
  pythia.stat(); 
  //cout << pTZ; //imprimir histogramas
  //cout << eta;
  return 0;
}

[Danilo]

Hi Frigorifico,

this is not a root issue.
I think you are forgetting to link libPythia8.
Something like

g++ -I $PYTHIA8/include -o testy ./testy.cpp `root-config --cflags --glibs` -l Pythia8 -L $PYTHIA8/lib

could work (depending on your installation).
Remember to put the path where libPythia8 is located in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to have the program working at runtime.

Cheers,
D

[Wile_E_Coyote]

Actually, you may need to add something like this:

-L${PYTHIA8}/lib -lpythia8 -llhapdfdummy

BTW. When you post “source code” or “output” here, do remember to enclose them into two lines which contain just three characters ``` (see how your post has been edited above).