Trouble running LLVM examples

Question

I've been struggling with this for longer than I care to admit and would really appreciate some help.

I'm trying to do a project which involves building a linker and scheduler, and thought if I could use some of the functionality that's already been build into LLVM that would be great. I'm using LLVM 10. To get started I did some reading and tried to build this example. Because I plan on embedding LLVM into another project, used this as a reference for 'how to build' the example (see below). I figured the dependencies are just the components from the example CMakeLists.txt.

If I'm not mistaken, I'm getting a linker error and that the component list is the problem, but I'm struggling to resolve it. The way it seems LLVM does linking is by mapping a component name to an library file, but since I don't know which missing library might be causing it I'm stuck. Also, I don't know what llvm_libs is, but adding it to the component list seemed to resolve some of the linker errors I was getting originally. Also also, changing the order of the component list will give me different amounts of errors, which absolutely confounds me.

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13.4)
project(HowToUseJIT)

find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)

message(STATUS "Found LLVM ${LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
message(STATUS "Using LLVMConfig.cmake in: ${LLVM_DIR}")

# Set your project compile flags.
# E.g. if using the C++ header files
# you will need to enable C++11 support
# for your compiler.

message(STATUS "INCLUDE ${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})

message(STATUS "DEFINITIONS ${LLVM_DEFINITIONS}\n${LLVM_DEFINITIONS_LIST}")
separate_arguments(LLVM_DEFINITIONS_LIST NATIVE_COMMAND ${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS_LIST})

# Now build our tools
add_executable(HowToUseJIT HowToUseJIT.cpp)

# Find the libraries that correspond to the LLVM components
# that we wish to use
llvm_map_components_to_libnames(llvm_libs support core interpreter nativecodegen executionengine)

# Link against LLVM libraries
message(STATUS "LIBS ${llvm_libs}")
target_link_libraries(HowToUseJIT ${llvm_libs})

Then from a subdir I run

$ cmake ../
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 9.3.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 9.3.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/jeremy_arsenault/Documents/random/llvm_examples/HowToUseJIT/build
$ cmake --build .
[ 50%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/HowToUseJIT.dir/HowToUseJIT.cpp.o
[100%] Linking CXX executable HowToUseJIT
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/HowToUseJIT.dir/HowToUseJIT.cpp.o: in function `main':
HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text+0x4b7): undefined reference to `llvm::EngineBuilder::EngineBuilder(std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module, std::default_delete<llvm::Module> >)'
/usr/bin/ld: HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text+0x4dc): undefined reference to `llvm::EngineBuilder::~EngineBuilder()'
/usr/bin/ld: HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text+0x693): undefined reference to `llvm::EngineBuilder::~EngineBuilder()'
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/HowToUseJIT.dir/HowToUseJIT.cpp.o: in function `llvm::EngineBuilder::create()':
HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text._ZN4llvm13EngineBuilder6createEv[_ZN4llvm13EngineBuilder6createEv]+0x18): undefined reference to `llvm::EngineBuilder::selectTarget()'
/usr/bin/ld: HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text._ZN4llvm13EngineBuilder6createEv[_ZN4llvm13EngineBuilder6createEv]+0x2a): undefined reference to `llvm::EngineBuilder::create(llvm::TargetMachine*)'
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/HowToUseJIT.dir/HowToUseJIT.cpp.o: in function `llvm::IRBuilderDefaultInserter::IRBuilderDefaultInserter()':
HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text._ZN4llvm24IRBuilderDefaultInserterC2Ev[_ZN4llvm24IRBuilderDefaultInserterC5Ev]+0xf): undefined reference to `vtable for llvm::IRBuilderDefaultInserter'
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/HowToUseJIT.dir/HowToUseJIT.cpp.o: in function `llvm::InitializeNativeTarget()':
HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text._ZN4llvm22InitializeNativeTargetEv[_ZN4llvm22InitializeNativeTargetEv]+0x9): undefined reference to `LLVMInitializeX86TargetInfo'
/usr/bin/ld: HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text._ZN4llvm22InitializeNativeTargetEv[_ZN4llvm22InitializeNativeTargetEv]+0xe): undefined reference to `LLVMInitializeX86Target'
/usr/bin/ld: HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text._ZN4llvm22InitializeNativeTargetEv[_ZN4llvm22InitializeNativeTargetEv]+0x13): undefined reference to `LLVMInitializeX86TargetMC'
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/HowToUseJIT.dir/HowToUseJIT.cpp.o: in function `llvm::IRBuilder<llvm::ConstantFolder, llvm::IRBuilderDefaultInserter>::~IRBuilder()':
HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text._ZN4llvm9IRBuilderINS_14ConstantFolderENS_24IRBuilderDefaultInserterEED2Ev[_ZN4llvm9IRBuilderINS_14ConstantFolderENS_24IRBuilderDefaultInserterEED5Ev]+0x1c): undefined reference to `llvm::IRBuilderDefaultInserter::~IRBuilderDefaultInserter()'
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/HowToUseJIT.dir/HowToUseJIT.cpp.o: in function `llvm::IRBuilderFolder::IRBuilderFolder()':
HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text._ZN4llvm15IRBuilderFolderC2Ev[_ZN4llvm15IRBuilderFolderC5Ev]+0xf): undefined reference to `vtable for llvm::IRBuilderFolder'
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/HowToUseJIT.dir/HowToUseJIT.cpp.o: in function `llvm::ConstantFolder::ConstantFolder()':
HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text._ZN4llvm14ConstantFolderC2Ev[_ZN4llvm14ConstantFolderC5Ev]+0x1f): undefined reference to `vtable for llvm::ConstantFolder'
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/HowToUseJIT.dir/HowToUseJIT.cpp.o: in function `llvm::IRBuilder<llvm::ConstantFolder, llvm::IRBuilderDefaultInserter>::IRBuilder(llvm::BasicBlock*, llvm::MDNode*, llvm::ArrayRef<llvm::OperandBundleDefT<llvm::Value*> >)':
HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text._ZN4llvm9IRBuilderINS_14ConstantFolderENS_24IRBuilderDefaultInserterEEC2EPNS_10BasicBlockEPNS_6MDNodeENS_8ArrayRefINS_17OperandBundleDefTIPNS_5ValueEEEEE[_ZN4llvm9IRBuilderINS_14ConstantFolderENS_24IRBuilderDefaultInserterEEC5EPNS_10BasicBlockEPNS_6MDNodeENS_8ArrayRefINS_17OperandBundleDefTIPNS_5ValueEEEEE]+0xbb): undefined reference to `llvm::IRBuilderDefaultInserter::~IRBuilderDefaultInserter()'
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/HowToUseJIT.dir/HowToUseJIT.cpp.o: in function `llvm::ConstantFolder::~ConstantFolder()':
HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text._ZN4llvm14ConstantFolderD2Ev[_ZN4llvm14ConstantFolderD5Ev]+0x13): undefined reference to `vtable for llvm::ConstantFolder'
/usr/bin/ld: HowToUseJIT.cpp:(.text._ZN4llvm14ConstantFolderD2Ev[_ZN4llvm14ConstantFolderD5Ev]+0x26): undefined reference to `llvm::IRBuilderFolder::~IRBuilderFolder()'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/HowToUseJIT.dir/build.make:91: HowToUseJIT] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:77: CMakeFiles/HowToUseJIT.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:84: all] Error 2

If anyone knows what my problem is, has any advice on running these LLVM examples, or knows of any resources that might better my understanding of wtf is happening I will be eternally grateful :). Thanks in advance for any help!

Edit 1: I tried the same procedure on some other examples to see what would happen. On Fibonacci everything build fine then seg faulted on runtime. On ModuleMaker I build fails on undefined reference to main... I'm really bungling something up here I just don't know what.

Edit 2: Thank you for the responses. I'm currently attempting to get everything to build correctly using Alexs advice. Simply using the CMakeLists.txt and building using Ninja did not work :( (I updated the build process outputs above). I was getting similar errors as before. Since Alex mentioned that he needed to use a different version of llvm header files, I figured I'd just build an updated version from source - but LLVM bested me once again. The build from source procedure in the README bombs on every release version I try (I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 lts). I'm starting to think my best bet is to just cherry-pick files and hack something together myself because this is getting to be too much of a headache.

Edit 3: I got it working :)

Solution

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Everything ran and built fine when I updated to the newest version of LLVM. I ran into a lot of build problems on Ubuntu 20.04 lts that were a product of missing dependencies. This kind soul posted all the deps he needed to install in order to build llvm without errors.