I'm trying to make a shared library, in Linux, which is a *.so. My DMD version is 2, latest. I'm just trying yo compile a simple empty shared library, with the code that Mono-D(plugin for MonoDevelop) creates. When I try to compile it, it tells me to check the build log, this is what's in the build log:
Building Solution: QScr (Debug)
Building: QScr (Debug)
Performing main compilation...
Current dictionary: /home/nafees/Desktop/Projects/QScr/QScr
dmd -debug -gc "myclass.d" "dllmain.d" "-I/usr/include/dmd" "-L/IMPLIB:/home/nafees/Desktop/Projects/QScr/QScr/bin/Debug/libQScr.a" "-odobj/Debug" "-of/home/nafees/Desktop/Projects/QScr/QScr/bin/Debug/libQScr.so" -w -vcolumns
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find /IMPLIB:/home/nafees/Desktop/Projects/QScr/QScr/bin/Debug/libQScr.a: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
--- errorlevel 1
Exit code 1
Build complete -- 1 error, 0 warnings
---------------------- Done ----------------------
Build: 1 error, 0 warnings
This is what dllmain contains:
module dllmain;
And in myclass.d:
module myclass;
class MyClass
{
//TODO: Enter class code here
}
export:
extern(D):
MyClass createMyClass()
{
return new MyClass();
}
I have no idea what is that a file, I'm still fairly new to D, and Linux. How do I get it to compile? And could someone explain to me what is an .a file?
EDIT: No, it's not a duplicate, I'm trying to compile, while that question is about loading libraries.
EDIT2: I checked the directory, the .a file doesn't exist.
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find /IMPLIB:/home/nafees/Desktop/Projects/QScr/QScr/bin/Debug/libQScr.a: No such file or directory
/IMPLIB is a Windows linker switch. Your IDE is misconfigured (or just buggy).
Try changing the project settings in the IDE or filing a bug against the IDE.