"vivekian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > These are the steps i followed to create a shared library
These steps are un-necessarily complicated. You are (apparently) following some DSO-HOWTO, but without understanding why things are done in "complicated" way, and whether that complicated way is appropriate for your situation. > g++ -shared -Wl,-soname,libcppsocket.so.1 -o libcppsocket.so.1.0.1 > SockException.o Socket.o TcpSocket.o UdpSocket.o SocketReaderWriter.o - > lc Until you need "external library versioning", I suggest you use "simple" way: g++ -shared -o libcppsocket.so \ SockException.o Socket.o TcpSocket.o UdpSocket.o SocketReaderWriter.o > 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. Correct. > But the following doesnt help > g++ main.cpp -llibcppsocket And it shouldn't help. Provided /usr/lib/libcppsocket.so exists, correct link line is: g++ main.cpp -lcppsocket > What am i missing here ? Well, for starters you didn't tell us (nor paid attention to) the error linker gave you, which likely was: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llibcppsocket Please read "info gcc" to understand what library the linker will search for given '-llibcppsocket' argument. Hint libcppsocket.* it is not. Cheers, -- In order to understand recursion you must first understand recursion. Remove /-nsp/ for email. _______________________________________________ help-gplusplus mailing list help-gplusplus@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus