Compiling libzip on Mac: Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64 - c++

Question

I've been learning C++ and have decided to try to create a simple file reader using libzip on archive files (e.g. Word).
I’ve recently installed libzip on my Macbook using brew but I seem to keep on getting the following issue whenever I try to compile a program that uses libzip:
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
"_zip_fopen", referenced from:
_main in main-918bfa.o
"_zip_open", referenced from:
_main in main-918bfa.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [a.exe] Error 1
The command I use to compile:
g++ -g main.cpp -std=c++11 -I/usr/local/Cellar/libzip/0.11.2/include -I/usr/local/Cellar/libzip/0.11.2/lib/libzip/include -L/usr/local/Cellar/libzip/0.11.2/lib -o ../a.exe
main.cpp:
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <zip.h>
#include <zlib.h>
using namespace std;
int numArgs = 2;
int main(int argc, char** argv){
// Parse command line arguments
if(argc != numArgs){
std::cout << "Incorrect number of arguments provided.\n";
std::cout << "Command line syntax: fileReader.exe inputFile" << endl;
exit(0);
}
// Try out libzip functionality
std::string inputDocument(argv[1]);
int err = 0;
zip* z = zip_open(inputDocument.c_str(), 0, &err);
if(z == NULL) {
printf("Could not read docx file. Error code: %d", err);
exit(-1);
}
zip_file* contentTypes = zip_fopen(z, "[Content_Types].xml", ZIP_FL_UNCHANGED);
exit(0);
}

Answer 1

Doesn't look like your including the libzip library in the compilation command. Try adding -lzip to your g++ command