Compiling a simple C program using gcc gives the error "could not read symbols" in RHEL6
Issue
- Compiling a simple C code using
gccthroughs the following error:
# cat hw.c
main(){
printf("Hello World");
}
# gcc hw.c
hw.c: In function main:
hw.c:2: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function printf
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.7/../../../crt1.o: could not read symbols: File in wrong format
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
- Arch x86_64
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