From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mihai Dontu Subject: Re: How to write apps dependent on external libraries? Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:13:52 +0300 Message-ID: <44B67140.10208@bitdefender.com> References: <200607132134.57378.samjnaa@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200607132134.57378.samjnaa@gmail.com> Sender: linux-c-programming-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org Shriramana Sharma wrote: > Often I see apps which are dependent on this .so file or that. I don't know > how apps can be written that depend on libraries that are not linked into the > executable. So far I have been linking all needed libraries into the > executable. > > A .so is a collection of what? An .a is a collection of .o-s, right? What is A .so (Shared Object) is a "collection of code". Basically the code from all .o-s is gathered _and_ _linked_ into this file. > a .la? I am so very confused. > .la is a libtool thinggy which contains different informations about how to create/load/link a .so > I don't know what keywords to search for on Google. Which is why I ask here. > If it is a detailed subject please give me keywords so I can search and find > on my own. > > Thanks for your help. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender. For more information please visit http://www.bitdefender.com/