In Windows, an executable called dlltool
, given with GCC, is used to generate import library for a DLL file which is used for linking DLL files.
For example, libmylibrary.a
for mylibrary.dll
. But in Linux (i.e., Ubuntu) I haven't find any equivalent program like this. In gcc
(both Windows and Linux), the -l
options is used to link these import libraries.
So, is there such an application in Linux that can generate an import library for shared object (.so files)?
There are even easier way to do this. There is something called linker scripts, which is a text file similiar to .def
file. Just write linker script on a text file, rename extension from .txt
to .a
and add lib
before its name and then pass it as argument with -l
command of the compiler or linker.
An example of linker script is given below
OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32_i386)
INPUT(/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libssl3.so /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libao.so.4)