How to include static librarys into esp-idf with eclipse?

[MajinFoo]

Hello,

i have an external library as an .a file that i want to include into my eclipse project. I followed this guide to use esp-idf with eclipse:
https://esp-idf.readthedocs.io/en/v2.0/ ... setup.html

My project structure look like this:


As you can see I have created a separate folder "src" for the external files. Besides my .a file i have also a .h file and a .c file. I have included the directory in the project settings as shown in the figure below:


When I try to build the project, I get the following error message:

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21:13:42 **** Build of configuration Default for project BME680BESEC ****
make flash 
CC build/main/main.o
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./main.c:21:20: fatal error: bme680.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
/home/UserName/esp/esp-idf/make/component_wrapper.mk:273: die Regel für Ziel „main.o“ scheiterte
/home/UserName/esp/esp-idf/make/project.mk:449: die Regel für Ziel „component-main-build“ scheiterte
make[1]: *** [main.o] Fehler 1
make: *** [component-main-build] Fehler 2

21:13:44 Build Finished (took 1s.473ms)

Looks like the directory wasn't correctly included. If I put the files in the main folder instead and specify the main folder as an include path, then the files will be linked:



Why does it only work with the main folder? If I compile now, I get the following error messages:

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21:31:31 **** Build of configuration Default for project BME680BESEC ****
make flash 
LD build/app-template.elf
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o):(.literal.bme680_bsec_update_subscription+0x0): undefined reference to `bsec_update_subscription'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o):(.literal.bme680_bsec_process_data+0x4): undefined reference to `bsec_do_steps'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o):(.literal.bsec_iot_init+0x0): undefined reference to `bsec_init'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o):(.literal.bsec_iot_init+0x4): undefined reference to `bsec_set_configuration'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o):(.literal.bsec_iot_init+0x8): undefined reference to `bsec_set_state'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o):(.literal.bsec_iot_loop+0x4): undefined reference to `bsec_sensor_control'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o):(.literal.bsec_iot_loop+0x8): undefined reference to `bsec_get_state'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o): In function `bme680_bsec_update_subscription':
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c:138: undefined reference to `bsec_update_subscription'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o): In function `bme680_bsec_process_data':
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c:397: undefined reference to `bsec_do_steps'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o): In function `bsec_iot_init':
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c:180: undefined reference to `bsec_init'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c:194: undefined reference to `bsec_set_configuration'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c:205: undefined reference to `bsec_set_state'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o): In function `bsec_iot_loop':
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c:481: undefined reference to `bsec_sensor_control'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c:499: undefined reference to `bsec_get_state'
/home/UserName/esp/esp-idf/make/project.mk:387: die Regel für Ziel „/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/app-template.elf“ scheiterte
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/app-template.elf] Fehler 1

21:31:36 Build Finished (took 4s.935ms)

It looks like my .c and .h files have now been linked. But some functions cannot be called because the reference to the .a file is missing. First i try to include the .a file with eclipse. As far as I know this can be done via the project properties:

Properties --> C/C++ Build --> Settings

But here there is no possibility to include files or directories, as you can see in the picture below:



In Properties --> C/C++ build I check "Generate Makefiles Automatically".



After this i went back to Properties --> C/C++ Build --> Settings. Now i can include the .a file:



When I compile now, I get the following error message:

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21:58:39 **** Build of configuration Default for project BME680BESEC ****
make flash 
make: *** No rule to create "flash".  End.

I uncheck "Generate Makefiles Automatically" and tried to find another solution. Next I tried to use the file component. mk in the main folder to include the a. file. I added the following line:

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COMPONENT_ADD_LDFLAGS=/home/UserName/esp/workspace/ProjectName/main/libalgobsec.a

If I compile now, I get a new error message:

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22:03:29 **** Build of configuration Default for project BME680BESEC ****
make flash 
CC build/main/bme680.o
CC build/main/bsec_integration.o
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c: In function 'bsec_iot_init':
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c:161:27: warning: unused variable 'bsec_status' [-Wunused-variable]
     bsec_library_return_t bsec_status = BSEC_OK;
                           ^
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c: In function 'bme680_bsec_trigger_measurement':
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c:237:12: warning: variable 'bme680_status' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
     int8_t bme680_status = BME680_OK;
            ^
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c: In function 'bme680_bsec_read_data':
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/main/./bsec_integration.c:297:12: warning: variable 'bme680_status' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
     int8_t bme680_status = BME680_OK;
            ^
CC build/main/main.o
AR build/main/libmain.a
LD build/app-template.elf
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/esp32/libesp32.a(cpu_start.o):(.literal.main_task+0x18): undefined reference to `app_main'
/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/esp32/libesp32.a(cpu_start.o): In function `main_task':
/home/UserName/esp/esp-idf/components/esp32/./cpu_start.c:445: undefined reference to `app_main'
/home/UserName/esp/esp-idf/make/project.mk:387: die Regel für Ziel „/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/app-template.elf“ scheiterte
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [/home/UserName/esp/workspace/BME680BESEC/build/app-template.elf] Fehler 1

22:03:33 Build Finished (took 3s.862ms)

I wonder why there are error messages in the libesp32.a file, which is not related to my libalgobsec.a file.

I really have no idea how to correctly integrate the external library. Maybe my understanding of the build process in Eclipse and esp-idf is too poor to solve this problem.

I hope I could explain my problem clearly. Can anyone tell me how to integrate an external library?

[Damion7]

I ran into the same issue with libalgobsec.a using command line tools (no eclipse). Were you able to resolve this issue?

I added the following lines to my component.mk:

COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS := ./lib
COMPONENT_ADD_LDFLAGS = -L$(COMPONENT_PATH)/lib/ -lalgobsec -l$(COMPONENT_NAME)

This the error I get:
/Users/home/esp/example/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o):(.literal.bsec_iot_init+0x0): undefined reference to `bsec_set_configuration'
/Users/home/esp/example/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o):(.literal.bsec_iot_init+0x4): undefined reference to `bsec_set_state'
/Users/home/esp/example/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o):(.literal.bsec_iot_loop+0x4): undefined reference to `bsec_get_state'
/Users/home/esp/example/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o): In function `bsec_iot_init':
/Users/home/esp/example/main/bsec_integration.c:194: undefined reference to `bsec_set_configuration'
/Users/home/esp/example/main/bsec_integration.c:205: undefined reference to `bsec_set_state'
/Users/home/esp/example/build/main/libmain.a(bsec_integration.o): In function `bsec_iot_loop':
/Users/home/esp/example/main/bsec_integration.c:499: undefined reference to `bsec_get_state'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [/Users/home/esp/example/build/example.elf] Error 1

[Async_Awayt]

I am also having the same issue. Anyone can point me in the right direction on how to solve this?

[Async_Awayt]

I managed to solve the issue by:

1 - Firstly saving the libalgobsec.a file to the same folder as the component.mk file.

2 - Then, adding the following line to component.mk

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COMPONENT_ADD_LDFLAGS +=$(COMPONENT_PATH)/libalgobsec.a

3 - Finally I had to change the app_main declaration from void to int

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int app_main(void)
{
	...
	...
	...
	
	return 0;
}

That solved the issues for me. Can anybody explain why?