Dynamic linking best practices

In this article we’ll learn how to build shared libraries and install them properly on several platforms. For guidance, we’ll examine the goals and history of dynamic linking on UNIX-based operating systems. Content for the article comes from researching how to create a shared library, wading through sloppy conventions that people recommend online, and testing on multiple Unix-like systems. Hopefully it can set the record straight and help improve the quality of open source libraries. The commo...