Mar 21, 2012 · .a files are usually libraries which get statically linked (or more accurately archives), and .so are dynamically linked libraries. To do a port you will need the source code that was compiled to make them, or equivalent files on your AIX machine.

Mar 13, 2012 · A shared library(.so) is a library that is linked but not embedded in the final executable, so it will be loaded when the executable is launched and needs to be present in the system where the executable is deployed.

Sep 2, 2012 · .so files are dynamic libraries. The suffix stands for "shared object", because all the applications that are linked with the library use the same file, rather than making a copy in the resulting executable. .a files are static libraries.

Nov 28, 2022 · What Is an SO File? A file with the .SO file extension is a shared library file. They contain information that can be used by one or more programs to offload resources so that the application (s) calling the SO file doesn't have to actually provide the file.

libmyhello.so文件，如果放在/lib或者/usr/lib下，那么默认就能找到，如果放在其他目录下，需要编辑/etc/ld.so.conf文件，加入库文件所在目录的路径，然后 运行ldconfig 目录名字，该命令会重建/etc/ld.so.cache文件即可。

Mar 18, 2024 · On Linux, archive libraries end with the .a extension, and shared object libraries end with the .so extension. In this article, we’ll take a look at how programs run under Linux and the purposes served by archive and shared objects libraries.

May 14, 2011 · A .a file is a static library, while a .so file is a shared object (dynamic) library similar to a DLL on Windows. There's some detailed information about the differences between the two on this page.

Of the 30 /lib/*.so* and 600 /usr/lib/*.so* files, only one has execute permissions, and that's probably just a glitch. Execute permission permits a file to be executed via one of the exec*() functions; shared object files contain executable code, but they're not executed in that way.

Dec 28, 2023 · The ldconfig utility and others expect so (shared object) files to follow the naming pattern of lib*.so* or ld-*.so* where the latter is reserved for the dynamic linker only. This convention is hard-coded in many Linux tools. This is why …

Learn about SO and LA library files in Linux, their usage, differences, and how to manage them effectively.