Capter 41: Fundamentals of Shared Libraries

Shared libraries are a technique for placing library functions into a single unit that can be shared by multiple processes at run time. This technique can save both disk space and RAM. This chapter covers the fundamentals of shared libraries. The next chapter covers a number of advanced features of shared libraries.

41 Fundamentals of Shared Libraries
41.1 Object Libraries
41.2 Static Libraries
41.3 Overview of Shared Libraries
41.4 Creating and Using Shared Libraries--A First Pass
        41.4.1 Creating a Shared Library
        41.4.2 Position-independent Code
        41.4.3 Using a Shared Library
        41.4.4 The Shared Library Soname
41.5 Useful Tools for Working with Shared Libraries
41.6 Shared Library Versions and Naming Conventions
41.7 Installing Shared Libraries
41.8 Compatible Versus Incompatible Libraries
41.9 Upgrading Shared Libraries
41.10 Specifying Library Search Directories in an Object File
41.11 Finding Shared Libraries at Run Time
41.12 Run-time Symbol Resolution
41.13 Using a Static Library Instead of a Shared Library
41.14 Summary
41.15 Exercises