Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/10/27/16:54:03
This issue is or appears resolved, but "Cygwin" dropped off the Reply.
Forwarding to the group.. -Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Strugnell [mailto:strugnp1 AT cs DOT man DOT ac DOT uk]
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 1:50 PM
To: Scott Prive
Subject: Re: Is it possible to convert a ".so" file to a ".a" file?
Scott,
Thanks for your speedy reply. I think I'll have to try the emulator. The only problem I have is with linking this library file - everything else is OK, but I don't have access to the source code for the library so I can't recompile it.
Once again, thank you for helping me out.
Regards
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Prive" <Scott DOT Prive AT storigen DOT com>
To: "Paul Strugnell" <strugnp1 AT cs DOT man DOT ac DOT uk>; <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 5:56 PM
Subject: RE: Is it possible to convert a ".so" file to a ".a" file?
Paul,
I'm not sure if (or how) one might convert a .so to a .a file. You'll get other answers (I'm not one of the list experts that's for sure ;-)
But if I understand you correctly, you were given ".so" binary files. You won't be able to just take compiled Linux code and run it in Cygwin: Cygwin is not UNIX.. Cygwin is a UNIX-like wrapper around Windows. Cygwin is not an emulator for Linux binaries.
Or maybe I misunderstood.
If you have Linux binaries you want to use on a Windows PC, you can *try* re-compiling that code under Cygwin. Assuming a few things, UNIX code generally compiles under Cygwin and gives you a Windows binary.
The other thing you can try is Linux emulation under Windows. I don't know if this is the best solution for you but it will give you a true Linux sandbox to play in. If you want an emulator samdbox, try Plex86 (formerly FreeMWare):
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/plex86
Plex86 is a work-in-progress and I have not tried it. It is FREE and may be what you want.
Another choice is FreeMWare, which is not free and not cheap. I happen to like VMware (and have not had time to try plex86 so I don't know how the two compare).
Hope this helps,
Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Strugnell [mailto:strugnp1 AT cs DOT man DOT ac DOT uk]
> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 9:33 AM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Is it possible to convert a ".so" file to a ".a" file?
>
>
> Hi
>
> I am trying to work on a University lab exercise from home,
> and because my
> computer doesn't have Linux I am using Cygwin. The library
> files I have
> been given are of the ".so" format, which I can't use in
> Windows. Can I
> convert them to ".a" files? Is there any way at all to do this?
>
> I am currently using the following command line:
> gcc -I/cygdrive/c/labs/CS2021/lab1/incl
> -L/cygdrive/c/labs/CS2021/lab1/lib -
> lm -lmbrot mandelbrot.c -o m.exe
> (where mbrot refers to the shared object file "libmbrot.so"
> in the ...../lib
> folder)
>
> Thanks
> Paul
>
>
>
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