On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 17:43, benoy m <benoy6751_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr
>
> Well, that is how i originally installed curl, but for some reason the
> libcurl.so is not created in my /lib directory. All I have is: libcurl.la,
> libcurl.a and another directory called pkgconfig, which contains
> libcurl.pc. Shouldn't it create a libcurl.so file in the prefix/lib
> directory? That is what I meant when I asked if there is some argument that
> can be passed into ./configure to create this file. Sorry I wasn't clear.

On AIX the shared libraries are also .a files. You did get an
libcurl.a apparently - try 'ar -tv' on the libcurl.a file. It should
show a libcurl.so.x file (x = some number).
Or 'dump -a'
Received on 2008-10-14