Hi , These are the steps i followed to create a shared library
1. Compiled the cpp files g++ -c -g -fpic -Wall -Wno-deprecated SockException.cpp -o SockException.o g++ -c -g -fpic -Wall -Wno-deprecated Socket.cpp -o Socket.o g++ -c -g -fpic -Wall -Wno-deprecated TcpSocket.cpp -o TcpSocket.o g++ -c -g -fpic -Wall -Wno-deprecated UdpSocket.cpp -o UdpSocket.o g++ -c -g -fpic -Wall -Wno-deprecated SocketReaderWriter.cpp -o SocketReaderWriter.o g++ -shared -Wl,-soname,libcppsocket.so.1 -o libcppsocket.so.1.0.1 SockException.o Socket.o TcpSocket.o UdpSocket.o SocketReaderWriter.o - lc 2. Copied the compiled libcppsocket.so.1 to the directories /usr/lib 3. Moved the header files to the directories /usr/include and /usr/ local/include 4. To test the compiled library , i wrote a small program #include <TcpSocket.h> int main () { TcpSocket sock ; } where TcpSocket.h is one of the header files copied to /usr/include 5. Compiling this test program g++ main.cpp /tmp/ccPqeVa9.o: In function `main': main.cpp:(.text+0x8a): undefined reference to `TcpSocket::TcpSocket()' main.cpp:(.text+0x95): undefined reference to `TcpSocket::~TcpSocket()' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status gives the above error. This i suppose indicates that the library has to be linked. But the following doesnt help g++ main.cpp -llibcppsocket What am i missing here ? Thanks in advance, vivekian _______________________________________________ help-gplusplus mailing list help-gplusplus@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus