Re: what is a .la file

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On 4/3/07, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Globe Trotter writes:

>
> Thanks very much! I guess I am not confident enough to call myself a developer,
> I am just writing a C program and I would like to use the library. So, there
> are also two .so files?
>
> /usr/lib/libqhull.so.5
> /usr/lib/libqhull.so.5.0.0

You need a separate -devel package that will install a libqhull.so link,
which is what you'll link against.

> I was wondering: how do I link a .so file? I know how to handle .a files (for
> instance, I can call libm.a using -lm and -L for the library path). But I don't
> know what to do with a .so file. I also don't know how to find the difference
> between the two .so files above.

This is one file, and a symlink.  After you install the -devel package with
the libqhull.so link, you just link against it just like a .a:  -lqnull,
that's it.



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http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=LA

other extension are also well described here.

Regards


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