Shared object linux/unix convention

[donatodambrosio]

In agreement with the linux/unix convention for shared objects

• shared object should have a version number (e.g. libopencal.so.1.0)

• symbolic links should be created at installation time to point to the actual shared object (e.g. libopencal.so.1 -> libopencal.so.1.0 libopencal.so -> libopencal.so.1.0

  This can also be done by using the following commands ln -sf libopencal.so.1.0 libopencal.so.1 ln -sf libopencal.so.1.0 libopencal.so

  In this way:

  • different versions can be installed without interfere each other (e.g. 1.1, 1.2, 2.0 and so on)
  • the unversioned link (libopencal.so) can be stet to point to the desired version (e.g. the last one)