I was trying to build a C program that uses the ares_dns_parse function from the c-ares library. I have decided to install v1.30.0 according to the installation steps here: https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/blob/main/INSTALL.md, as follows:

$ wget https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/download/v1.30.0/c-ares-1.30.0.tar.gz
$ tar xvfc-ares-1.30.0.tar.gz
$ cd c-ares-1.30.0
$ ./configure
$ make 
$ sudo make install

I have set up a simple C program as follows:

#include <res.h>
... include all other relevant headers

int main(){
... all relevant declarations

 ares_dns_parse();

 return 0;
}

Error undefined symbol: ares_dns_parse when compiled and ran:

$ gcc ares_test.c -lcares -L /usr/local/lib && sudo ./a.out

Are there any additional linking required, or any steps I’m missing? Any help would be appreciated, thank you.