Linux : Path to libelenavm60

[arakov]

I'm working on migrating the virtual terminal (elt-cli) to Linux. Now it works for I386, other platforms will be added a bit later.

And I have a question about a path to my virtual machine libelenavm60. Do I need to create a symbol link to it and place it in /usr/lib32 ? Alternative would be to use the direct path to the library (-rpath option of GCC).

What do you think?

[bencz]

I'd go with -rpath for sure. It's way more practical during development - you don't need to create symlinks in the system every time you compile a new version, and you don't need sudo for anything.

Just do something like:

gcc -o elt-cli your_files.c -L/path/to/libelenavm60 -lelenavm60 -Wl,-rpath,/path/to/libelenavm60

The symlink in /usr/lib32 is more of a system package thing. For a project in development, especially when you're porting to Linux and will probably need to test multiple times, -rpath gives you much more flexibility.

If you want to make it even more portable, you can use $ORIGIN in the rpath so it looks relative to the executable. But to get started, the absolute path works just fine.

[arakov]

Yes, I think it will be the best solution. Thanks a lot