# linker error while invoking "make" command in my ITK's build directory

**URL:** https://discourse.itk.org/t/linker-error-while-invoking-make-command-in-my-itks-build-directory/3652
**Category:** Engineering
**Created:** [November 26, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/linker-error-while-invoking-make-command-in-my-itks-build-directory/3652 "2020-11-26T05:24:27Z")
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### Author: ![Nayra\_Ahmed](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/nayra_ahmed/32/1439_2.png) [@Nayra\_Ahmed](https://discourse.itk.org/u/Nayra_Ahmed)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/linker-error-while-invoking-make-command-in-my-itks-build-directory/3652/1 "2020-11-26T05:24:27Z")

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Hi all,  
I got the below error when I invoke the make command in ITK’s build directory.

```
clang: **error:** linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[2]: *** [bin/libitktiff.3.20.1.dylib] Error 1
make[1]: *** [Utilities/itktiff/CMakeFiles/itktiff.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

```

The steps I followed are:

1. cd to my build directory which is a sibling to ITK’s directory
2. I invoked ccmake …/ITK\_directory
3. run “make” in the build directory

I am using ITK 3.20 on Mac OS.

Any help me in resolving this error will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.  
Best Regards,  
Nayra Ahmed

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### Author: ![dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/dzenanz/32/1093_2.png) [@dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dzenanz)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/linker-error-while-invoking-make-command-in-my-itks-build-directory/3652/2 "2020-11-26T17:16:04Z")

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> [@Nayra\_Ahmed](#):
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> ITK 3.20

This release is 10 years old. Try a newer version of ITK or an older version of MacOS.

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### Author: ![Nayra\_Ahmed](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/nayra_ahmed/32/1439_2.png) [@Nayra\_Ahmed](https://discourse.itk.org/u/Nayra_Ahmed)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/linker-error-while-invoking-make-command-in-my-itks-build-directory/3652/3 "2020-11-27T15:42:37Z")

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@dzenanz  
Is there a newer version that contains the patented codes ??

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### Author: ![dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/dzenanz/32/1093_2.png) [@dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dzenanz)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/linker-error-while-invoking-make-command-in-my-itks-build-directory/3652/4 "2020-11-27T15:52:25Z")

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No. With ITKv4, decision was made to remove all the patented code and be careful not to introduce it into the toolkit again.