Converting A to SO
A .A file and a .SO file hold different kinds of data, so there is no direct way to turn one into the other.
A full step-by-step guide for this conversion is on the way; the information above is drawn straight from our database.
About these formats
.A
Unix/Linux Static Library (ar archive)
A .a file is a static library used on Unix, Linux, and macOS. It is an ar-format archive of compiled object files that the linker copies into your program at build time. You do not open it…
Open .A details →
.SO
Shared Object (ELF shared library)
A .so file is a shared object library on Linux and Unix - the Linux equivalent of a Windows .dll. Programs load it automatically at run time; you never open it directly. If an app fails…
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