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Re: compiling libcurl on AIX 5.3

From: benoy m <benoy6751_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:25:28 -0500

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Tor Arntsen <tor_at_spacetec.no> wrote:

> 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'
>

thank you.
Received on 2008-10-14