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Creating and using libraries

Computing Laboratory

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Types of libraries

Static libraries (.a for archive): library becomes part of the


executable
Dynamically linked shared object libraries (.so for shared object):
library is not included in the executable, but functions are called as
needed at runtime

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Creating / using static libraries

Compiling: gcc -c abc1.c abc2.c


Creating the library: ar cr libabc.a abc1.o abc2.o
Other options (see man page for more details):
c: create
q: quick (append)
r: replace
u: update
v: verbose
t: list
Using the library:
gcc -o prog prog.c libabc.a
or
gcc -o prog prog.c -L/path/to/library-directory -labc

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Creating shared object libraries

position independent code


Compiling: gcc -Wall -fPIC -c *.c
Creating the library: these options are passed to the linker
gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libabc.so -o libabc.so *.o
Using the library:
gcc -o prog prog.c -L/path/to/library-directory -labc

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Using libraries

Compiler flags
-I: specify additional directories to search for header files
-L: specify additional directories to search for library files

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Using libraries

Compiler flags
-I: specify additional directories to search for header files
-L: specify additional directories to search for library files

Environment variables
export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/path/to/header-files
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/path/to/lib

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Source

http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/
LibraryArchives-StaticAndDynamic.html

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