Number version shared library

ste1786

Hi everyone,
I've developed my custom library from link to myApplication.
In order to link, in file .pro I've written:
LIBS += -Lpath -lmylibrary

and that's all very well, but if I've more version of mylibrary, how can I do to force to use a specific version of mylibrary?

Thanks!
Stefano

raven-worx

what do you mean?
By specifying the -L parameter you already tell the compiler/linker where to look for the library.

And it's also not possible that 2 libraries have the same filename in the same folder, thus either your libraries are already in different paths or named differently.

ste1786

in the same folder I have this two version of library:
mylibrary.so.1.0.0
mylibrary.so.1.1.0

With the instruction under,in my app, the compiler/linker link the last *.so.1.1.0 but if I want to force myApp to use the previous version?
LIBS += -Lpath -lmylibrary

raven-worx

why not just putting them into a subfolder named by version?

ste1786

well ok...it's a possible solution, but I wanted to understand the meaning of sym links that I have when I compile mylibrary.

raven-worx

it's just a "convention":http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO.html#AEN46.
But i think i still don't know what you actually asking for.

ste1786

Solved:
in your .pro file instead of writing:
LIBS += -Lpath -lmylibrary

you have to write:
LIBS += -Lpath -l:mylibrary.so.1.0

in this way force the link to use that specific library version.