I compile and link Python extension modules using the script gcc -fPIC -g -I/usr/local/include/python2.3 \ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -c mymodule.c g++ -shared mymodule.o -L/usr/local/lib -o mymodule.so It works for me but it isn't pretty. Is there a better way to write it? Gcc finds all the libraries that need to be linked in. For example, "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/numarray/libnumarray.so". How does gcc do this? I created a .so file "utilities.so" that contains some C functions that are called in mymodule.c but are not visible from Python. Both "utilities.c" and "mymodule.c" use numarray. What changes do I make in the script above? Must I use the nasty "libnumarray_UNIQUE_SYMBOL" trick? What is a script for creating "utilities.a" using gcc? How do I change the script above to include "utilities.a"?