xcode4: Linker error: Directory not found for option

Question

I\'m getting this error for my profile build (debug build was OK).

{Directory not found for option \'-L../../../Mac/Profile/lib [full path of that directory]         


        

Answer 1

I came across this error in seemingly a completely different scenario from those answers above. Hopefully some people will do what I did and find this useful even if it is a rare occurence.

I managed to get this error after having just added a new viewController to my project. As normal I added a tableview and constrained it then added and linked the delegate and datasource. I also created a property.

The weird thing that I then noticed was that as soon as I finished creating the property it was immediately linked, as if I had linked it, but before I linked it. When I clicked on the xib file and checked the links it wasn't in fact linked to the table view.

(This link appeared automatically without me needing to create it myself)

I don't know why this happened. I deleted the file and remade it with the same name but it just happened again. Giving me this error above.

The way I solved it was to create a new file, different name, and added and created the links in a different order checking at each step that this hadn't occurred. After doing this no linked created themselves and it worked.

TL DR: If you are getting this error and have recently added new view controller then check if deleting it works and if so they remake it being careful about any automatic links.