Cannot find a link library (lNrrdIO)

Question

I am trying to install NrrdIO on Ubuntu 18.04, to run Marching Cubes to segment medical images. This is the link from which I'm trying to run it.

http://web.cse.ohio-state.edu/research/graphics/isotable/

I'm trying to install ijkmcube-v0-3-3.tar, which requires the ITKNrrdIO.a library. I'm running into this error:

[  7%] Linking CXX executable ijkmcube
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lNrrdIO
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
CMakeFiles/ijkmcube.dir/build.make:406: recipe for target 'ijkmcube' failed
make[2]: *** [ijkmcube] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:131: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/ijkmcube.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/ijkmcube.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:129: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

I've installed NrrdIO 1.11.0, and tried with NrrdIO 1.9.0 as well, but while running make I always run into this error, for some reason its not able to find lNrrdIO . Can someone please help? Thanks

Edit:

I think its a problem with the linking, but when I copied the NrrdIO.a file to /usr/bin and modified the symbolic link to point to it, I got an error as follows:

[  7%] Linking CXX executable ijkmcube
collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld'
compilation terminated.
CMakeFiles/ijkmcube.dir/build.make:406: recipe for target 'ijkmcube' 
failed
make[2]: *** [ijkmcube] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:131: recipe for target ' 
CMakeFiles/ijkmcube.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/ijkmcube.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:129: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

Can someone help? Thank you

Edit 2

PROJECT(IJKMCUBE)

#---------------------------------------------------------

CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)

IF (NOT DEFINED ${IJK_DIR})
 GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(IJK_ABSOLUTE_PATH "../.." ABSOLUTE)
 SET(IJK_DIR ${IJK_ABSOLUTE_PATH} CACHE PATH "IJK directory")
ENDIF (NOT DEFINED ${IJK_DIR})

SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${IJK_DIR}/")
SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${IJK_DIR}/lib CACHE PATH "Library directory")
SET(IJKMCUBE_DIR "src/ijkmcube")
SET(NRRD_LIBDIR "${IJK_DIR}/lib")
SET(IJK_ISOTABLE_DIR "${IJK_DIR}/isotable" CACHE PATH "Isotable 
 directory")

#---------------------------------------------------------

IF (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 SET (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release CACHE STRING 
   "Default build type: Release" FORCE)
ENDIF (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)

INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${IJK_DIR}/include")
LINK_DIRECTORIES("${NRRD_LIBDIR}")
LINK_LIBRARIES(expat NrrdIO z)
ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DIJK_ISOTABLE_DIR=\"${IJK_ISOTABLE_DIR}\")

ADD_EXECUTABLE(ijkmcube ijkmcube_main.cxx ijkmcubeIO.cxx ijkmcube.cxx 
                    ijkmcube_datastruct.cxx ijkmcube_sub.cxx 
                    ijkmcube_extract.cxx ijkmcube_util.cxx 
                    ijksnapmc.cxx 
                    ijktable.cxx ijktable_poly.cxx ijktable_ambig.cxx
                    ijkoctree.cxx ijkxitIO.cxx)

 ADD_LIBRARY(ijkmcubeL STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ijkmcubeIO.cxx 
             ijkmcube.cxx ijkmcube_datastruct.cxx ijkmcube_sub.cxx 
             ijkmcube_extract.cxx ijkmcube_util.cxx ijksnapmc.cxx 
             ijktable.cxx ijkoctree.cxx ijkxitIO.cxx)
SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(ijkmcubeL PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ijkmcube)
ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(lib DEPENDS ijkmcubeL)

SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ${IJK_DIR})
INSTALL(TARGETS ijkmcube DESTINATION "bin/linux")

ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(tar WORKING_DIRECTORY ../.. COMMAND tar cvfh 
${IJKMCUBE_DIR}/ijkmcube.tar ${IJKMCUBE_DIR}/README 
${IJKMCUBE_DIR}/INSTALL ${IJKMCUBE_DIR}/RELEASE_NOTES 
${IJKMCUBE_DIR}/*.cxx ${IJKMCUBE_DIR}/*.h ${IJKMCUBE_DIR}/*.txx 
${IJKMCUBE_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt ${IJKMCUBE_DIR}/man/* 
${IJKMCUBE_DIR}/ijkmcube_doxygen.config)

ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(doc COMMAND doxygen ijkmcube_doxygen.config)

SOLVED

Tsyvarev solved it, the libNrrdIO.a file has to be copied to /usr/lib/. Refer to comments for the exact solution

Answer 1

This answer was given by @Tsyvarev:

By making a link named ld you are removing the original linker (ld). Without the linker you definitely cannot build any library. What you need is to make a link named lNrrdIO.a, so it will point to the actual library location: sudo ln -sfn /home/subham/Downloads/NrrdIO-1.9.0-src/lNrrdIO.a lNrrdIO.a (run this command from /usr/lib directory). And restore original /usr/bin/ld file.