Determining if the pthread_create exist failed with the following output: Change Dir: /home/lorenzo/Scrivania/Varie/repo/xmr-stak-amd/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/make" "cmTC_4dfeb/fast" /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_4dfeb.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_4dfeb.dir/build make[1]: Entering directory '/home/lorenzo/Scrivania/Varie/repo/xmr-stak-amd/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_4dfeb.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o /usr/bin/cc -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_4dfeb.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o -c /home/lorenzo/Scrivania/Varie/repo/xmr-stak-amd/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c Linking C executable cmTC_4dfeb /usr/local/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cmTC_4dfeb.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /usr/bin/cc CMakeFiles/cmTC_4dfeb.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o -o cmTC_4dfeb -rdynamic CMakeFiles/cmTC_4dfeb.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o: In function `main': CheckSymbolExists.c:(.text+0x16): undefined reference to `pthread_create' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status CMakeFiles/cmTC_4dfeb.dir/build.make:97: recipe for target 'cmTC_4dfeb' failed make[1]: *** [cmTC_4dfeb] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/lorenzo/Scrivania/Varie/repo/xmr-stak-amd/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' Makefile:126: recipe for target 'cmTC_4dfeb/fast' failed make: *** [cmTC_4dfeb/fast] Error 2 File /home/lorenzo/Scrivania/Varie/repo/xmr-stak-amd/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c: /* */ #include int main(int argc, char** argv) { (void)argv; #ifndef pthread_create return ((int*)(&pthread_create))[argc]; #else (void)argc; return 0; #endif } Determining if the function pthread_create exists in the pthreads failed with the following output: Change Dir: /home/lorenzo/Scrivania/Varie/repo/xmr-stak-amd/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/make" "cmTC_41756/fast" /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_41756.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_41756.dir/build make[1]: Entering directory '/home/lorenzo/Scrivania/Varie/repo/xmr-stak-amd/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_41756.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o /usr/bin/cc -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=pthread_create -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_41756.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o -c /usr/local/share/cmake-3.7/Modules/CheckFunctionExists.c Linking C executable cmTC_41756 /usr/local/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cmTC_41756.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /usr/bin/cc -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=pthread_create CMakeFiles/cmTC_41756.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o -o cmTC_41756 -rdynamic -lpthreads /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpthreads collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status CMakeFiles/cmTC_41756.dir/build.make:97: recipe for target 'cmTC_41756' failed make[1]: *** [cmTC_41756] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/lorenzo/Scrivania/Varie/repo/xmr-stak-amd/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' Makefile:126: recipe for target 'cmTC_41756/fast' failed make: *** [cmTC_41756/fast] Error 2