How to build static library and how to use it in Linux

1. declare the interface of libray:
  max.h
  ------------------------------
  int max(int,int);

2. implement the interface:
  max.c
  ------------------------------
  #include "max.h"
  int max(int a, int b)
  {
    return a > b ? a : b;
  }

3. code the invoker:
  main.c
  ------------------------------
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include "max.h"
  int main(int argc, const char *const *const argv)
  {
    printf("max(3,5)=%d\n", max(3,5));
  }

4. build script:
  main.sh
  ------------------------------
  #!/bin/bash
  gcc -Wall -g -c -o max.o max.c
  ar rcs libmax.a max.o
  gcc -Wall -g -c -o main.o main.c
  gcc -o main main.o -L. -lmax
  ./main

 

5. build shared library script:

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#!/bin/bash
gcc -fPIC -Wall -g -c max.c
gcc -g -shared -Wl,-soname,libmax.so.0 -o libmax.so.0.0 max.o
/sbin/ldconfig -n .   <---- generate link libmax.so.0 --> libmax.so.0.0
ln -sf libmax.so.0 libmax.so
gcc -Wall -g -c main.c -o main.o
gcc -g -o main_shared main.o -L. -lmax
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="." ./main_shared

 

6. asranmysql Makefile:

  1 libasranmysql.so: asranmysql.o

  2   gcc -g -shared -Wl,-soname,libasranmysql.so.0 -o libasranmysql.so.0.0 asranmysql.o -lmysqlclient

  3 asranmysql.o: asranmysql.h asranmysql.c

  4   gcc -fPIC -Wall -g -c asranmysql.c

  5 install: libasranmysql.so.0.0

  6   cp asranmysql.h /usr/local/include

  7   cp libasranmysql.so.0.0 /usr/local/lib

  8   ldconfig

  9   ln -s /usr/local/lib/libasranmysql.so.0 /usr/local/lib/libasranmysql.so

 10 uninstall:

 11   rm /usr/local/include/asranmysql.h

 12   rm /usr/local/lib/libasranmysql.*

 13 clean:

 14   rm asranmysql.o libasranmysql.so.0.0