howto setup personal static library

Meson · 11-13-2011, 10:01 PM

I have

Code:

$HOME/.local/lib
$HOME/.local/include

And in my .bashrc

Code:

[[ -d ~/.local/include ]] && export CPATH="$HOME/.local/include:$CPATH"
[[ -d ~/.local/lib ]] && export LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/.local/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH"

I have a file example.h:

Code:

#ifndef __EXAMPLE_H__
#define __EXAMPLE_H__

void example();

#endif

And I file example.cc:

Code:

#include <example.h>
#include <iostream>
	using std::cout;
	using std::endl;

void example()
{
	cout << "Hello, World!" << endl;
}

I'm creating libexample.a

Code:

$ g++ -O2 -Wall -c example.cc
$ ar rsv libexample.a example.o

and placing the header and archive in the appropriate directory.

If I have a utility that uses the library, compiling like this works fine:

Code:

$ g++ -Wall main.cc -lexample

Is there a way not to need the -l? Is the term auto-linking?

Any other comments or suggestions in my attempt at a personal library?

NevemTeve · 11-13-2011, 11:23 PM

Sg like this:

Code:

mkdir $HOME/include
mkdir $HOME/lib

export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$HOME/include"
export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$HOME/lib -lexample"

make main

PS: for including example.h, use quotes:

#include "example.h"