On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 09:54:15 +0100, Simon Tod wrote: > I was kinda expecting this in install Fortran libraries with names like > liblapack.a
.a files are static libraries. > that I could just link to at compile time, but I don't, only > lapack.so and lapack.so.2 (maybe they have a 'lib' in front, I forget!) .so files are dynamic libraries. Try using "g77 -o prog foo.o bar.o -lbaz" rather than "g77 -o prog foo.o bar.o /usr/lib/libbaz.a" and things will work fine for both static and dynamic libraries. HTH, Ray -- NATUURLIJK krijg je er geen signaal doorheen - het is *dark* fibre. jtv -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]