Can I automate the finding of -l parameter I use when linking based on header files (gcc)?

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Published on 2010-04-10T16:15:24Z Indexed on 2010/04/10 16:23 UTC
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Normally when linking against a static library, I have to specify a library directory and the name of a libX.so (or its symbolic link) as -lX flag for linking [and its directory with -L flag].

Can I automate this based on my header files (in c/c++) only? Or maybe it is not a good idea? Is there a software for locating the -L and -l parameters automatically? Is some table stored somewhere on the system about this on popular linux systems or even cygwin?

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