Re: [Numpy-discussion] Calling routines from a Fortran library using python

Nils Wagner wrote:

How do I convert the .a library to a .so library ?

You first "uncompress" the .a into a temporary directory, with ar x on Linux. Then, you group the .o together with gfortran -shared $LIST_OF_OBJECT + a few options. You can also look at how Atlas does it in its makefile. As Matthieu mentioned, if the .o are not compiled with -fPIC, you are screwed on 64 bits architectures (unless you statically link numpy in your python interpreter, but I doubt you want to go that road). It would be somewhat surprising if your vendor did not shared libraries available, though. cheers, David