How to build mach-0 for different architectures? - macos

I have some dylibs to load from python with ctypes. I can load libbass.dylib without problem, but I can't load the self-compiled libmp3lame.dylib. Here is the error I get.
OSError: dlopen(libmp3lame.dylib, 6):
no suitable image found. Did find:
libmp3lame.dylib: mach-o, but wrong
architecture
Then, I inspect the file type of those libs. Here is the result of libbass.dylib:
libbass.dylib: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
libbass.dylib (for architecture i386): Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386
libbass.dylib (for architecture ppc): Mach-O dynamically linked shared library ppc
And here is the self-compiled one:
libmp3lame.dylib: Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64
I did compile the lame library with the install instructions:
./configure
make
make install
I'm new to mac system, here comes the problem: how to build the libmp3lame.dylib so that it supports different architecture I want?
Thanks.

Just run:
CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch pcc" ./configure
For further information, see http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#technotes/tn2005/tn2137.html

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Linking against XCode dylibs with Python ctypes

I am installing Pyglet as a dependency for VisPy but am seeing the following error after installation
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pyglet/lib.py", line 160, in load_library
raise ImportError('Library "%s" not found.' % names[0])
ImportError: Library "c" not found.
Digging through the source code, I realized that Pyglet is attempting to load the standard C library using the ctypes framework.
Further digging reveals the actual (un-swallowed) error:
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 365, in __init__
self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
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/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.10.sdk/usr/lib/libc.dylib: mach-o, but wrong filetype
The issue, I think, is similar to this question where there is an architecture mismatch. The Python C binding framework 'ctypes' is attempting to load a .dylib with the wrong architecture.
Since I have set $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to
/Applications.../MacOSX10.10.sdk/usr/lib/
the loader is favoring this directory. However, if I try to load 'libc.dylib' from the standard location /usr/lib everything works perfectly.
The obvious potential problem is that the XCode version of 'libc' is for the 32-bit architecture but the /usr/lib is for the 64-bit architecture.
Not true!
Here is the output of file for both libraries:
XCode version
libc.dylib: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
libc.dylib (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library stub x86_64
libc.dylib (for architecture i386): Mach-O dynamically linked shared library stub i386
and the standard in /usr/lib
/usr/lib/libc.dylib: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/usr/lib/libc.dylib (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64
/usr/lib/libc.dylib (for architecture i386): Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386
The only difference is that the XCode version is a "stub". Despite some googling, the difference is not entirely clear, though it appears that the difference between a "stub" dylib and a "non-stub" is what is causing the problem.
A bit more information about my setup:
/usr/bin/python : Python 2.7.10 and appears to be running as a 64-bit app
uname -a: Darwin x-10-104-106-204.uofm-secure.wireless.umn.edu 14.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 14.5.0: Wed Jul 29 02:26:53 PDT 2015; root:xnu-2782.40.9~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
My question is thus how does one properly link against the dylibs installed by XCode?
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Issue when linking lapack and fftw3 libraries

I have a Fortran 90 program which uses lapack subroutines, and is successfully running on my Ubuntu system. Now I want to run it on Mac (OS X Version 10.11.4). I am using gfortran compiler as a part of gcc, installed from homebrew repositories, and lapack library, installed in /usr/local/lib/.
When I try to compile my code, I get the following error:
gfortran my_prog.f90 -L/usr/local/lib/ -llapack
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
"_daxpy_", referenced from:
_zggbal_ in liblapack.a(zggbal.o)
...
"_ztrmv_", referenced from:
_zlarft_ in liblapack.a(zlarft.o)
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
After some google search I understood that the problem is because the linking. When I compile it like this, everything works well:
gfortran my_prog.f90 -llapack
Also when llapack from framework accelerate is used, the compiler doesn't complain.
gfortran my_prog.f90 -framework accelerate
The libraries are of x86-64 architecture:
lipo -info *.a
input file libfftw3.a is not a fat file
input file liblapack.a is not a fat file
Non-fat file: libfftw3.a is architecture: x86_64
Non-fat file: liblapack.a is architecture: x86_64
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Note that the vDSP part of the library also provides FFT implementations. You might not need FFTW at all.

Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libxslt.1.dylib error loading library after installing with CPAN

I was attempting to install XML::LibXSLT via CPAN, this seemed to work fine, until I attempted to load Google Chrome, or Microsoft Office. I am getting an error launching these programs with the following errors:
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libxslt.1.dylib
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks
/DictionaryServices.framework/Versions/A/DictionaryServices
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/lib/libxslt.1.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
/usr/lib/libxslt.1.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
Obviously the problem is the new dylibs that XSLT installed, but these all seem to be X86_64 so I shouldn't be seeing any issues with this, I am running Mac OS X 10.6.8.
When running file /opt/local/lib/libxslt.dylib
I get:
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as is the same with the libxslt.1.dylib.
Is there a way to solve this issue, and reinstate the original files that must have been replaced?
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Also running
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libxslt 2.dylib
libxslt-plugins
libxslt.1.dylib
libxslt.a
libxslt.dylib
libxslt.la
libxslt.pc
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This may be relevant: How to compile universal binaries on Mac OS X.
I ran into this same issue where I had re-compiled libxslt and libxml to support python bindings, then started getting the /usr/lib/libxslt.1.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture error and an immediate crash when starting some apps (Specifically Synergy, which is a 32-bit/i386 app)
I solved this by recompiling libxml2 and libxslt using these configure options:
./configure CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" \
CXXFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" \
LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" \
--disable-dependency-tracking
Now libxml2 and libxslt libraries are properly showing as universal binaries:
$ file /usr/local/lib/libxslt.1.dylib /usr/local/lib/libxslt.1.dylib: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/usr/local/lib/libxslt.1.dylib (for architecture i386): Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386
/usr/local/lib/libxslt.1.dylib (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64
$ file /usr/local/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libxml2.2.dylib: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/usr/local/lib/libxml2.2.dylib (for architecture i386): Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386
/usr/local/lib/libxml2.2.dylib (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64

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I try to use the library libstk.a (from The Synthesis ToolKit in C++ (STK))in a XCode 4.5.1 application project to build for Standard(32/64 bit Intel) architectures.
I just drop the file libstk.a and stk.h into my project.
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In the xcode project, no syntax error, but link errors : undefined symbol for architecture x86_64 for different methods (maybe all) + the same for i386
It looks like libstk.a was not build for i386 or x86_64.
I used command lines to make the library and i am not familiar with this. How can I ensure that the library will be build for i386 and i86_64 archs ? Do I have to do something different to include the library in my project than just drop it in the files list ? I need help !
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